Table 3.
Basic descriptive of African ASRs in Hong Kong, assessing structural and health system determinants of health as defined by the CSDH framework (Solar & Irwin [16]) (n = 374)
| Health system determinants of health | |
| Satisfaction with Medical Services | |
| Not used | 87 (23.3%) |
| Fair/Poor | 105 (28.1%) |
| Good-Excellent | 182 (48.6%) |
| Admission to hospitala | |
| Yes | 146 (39.0%) |
| No | 228 (61.0%) |
| Difficulties Accessing Medical Facilities | |
| No | 104 (27.8%) |
| Yes | 270 (72.2%) |
| Obtained treatment due to illness/injurya | |
| Yes | 217 (58.0%) |
| No | 157 (42.0%) |
| Structural determinants of health | |
| Socio-economic Position | |
| ASR Status | |
| Refugee | 32 (8.6%) |
| Asylum Seeker Claimant | 172 (46.0%) |
| Torture Claimant | 115 (30.7%) |
| Asylum Seeker & Torture Claimant | 55 (14.7%) |
| Education Level in country of origin | |
| None | 55 (14.7%) |
| Primary | 87 (23.3%) |
| High School | 177 (47.3%) |
| University or above | 55 (14.7%) |
| Occupation in country of origin | |
| Professional | 124 (33.1%) |
| Supervisory | 57 (15.2%) |
| Skilled manual worker | 74 (19.8%) |
| Semi/Unskilled manual worker | 44 (11.8%) |
| Casual worker or unemployed | 75 (20.1%) |
| Discrimination | |
| Everyday Discrimination Scale: Mean = 12.87; SD = ±7.01 | |
| Treated with less respect than localsa | |
| None | 118 (31.5) |
| Not regularly | 96 (25.7) |
| Regularly | 160 (42.8) |
| Receive Poorer Services than localsa | |
| None | 104 (27.8) |
| Not regularly | 83 (22.2) |
| Regularly | 187 (50.0) |
| Considered Not Smarta | |
| None | 100 (26.8) |
| Not regularly | 88 (23.5) |
| Regularly | 186 (49.7) |
| People Fear youa | |
| None | 117 (31.3) |
| Not regularly | 84 (22.4) |
| Regularly | 173 (46.3) |
| Felt threateneda | |
| None | 169 (45.2) |
| Not Regularly | 79 (21.1) |
| Regularly | 126 (33.7) |
aReported in the past 12 months