Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the non-life event (n=71) and life event (n=23) groups

	Non-LE group		LE group
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Group comparison (U, p)
Age (in years)	36.35	10.84	35.83	12.2	252.00, 0.55
Education (in years)	8.4	2.1	7.7	2.2	241.00, 0.88
Number of children	1.7	1.5	1.9	1.4	236.50, 0.53
Months since arrival in Germany	12.4	2.8	11.3	1.7	218.00, 0.30
No. of traumatic events	17	5.6	18	4.3	275.00, 0.78

LE, life event; non-LE, non-life event; SD, standard deviation.