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. 2017 Nov 17;7(11):e015603. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015603

Table 4.

Descriptive statistics for physical health conditions for each father group when their children were aged 4–5 years

Outcomes Refugee
(n=131)
Migrated from a non-English-speaking country
(n=872)
Migrated from an English-speaking country
(n=1005)
Born in Australia
(n=6129)
Physical health issues
 None 121 (92.4%) 800 (91.7%) 913 (90.8%) 5528 (90.2%)
 One or more 10 (7.6%) 72 (8.3%) 92 (9.2%) 601 (9.8%)
Global health
 Very good to excellent 54 (41.2%) 452 (51.8%) 539 (53.6%) 3279 (53.5%)
 Good 45 (34.4%) 301 (34.5%) 338 (33.6%) 2089 (34.1%)
 Fair to poor 32 (24.4%) 120 (13.8%) 128 (12.7%) 761 (12.4%)
Alcohol use
 Abstain to occasional 84 (64.1%) 426 (48.9%) 206 (20.5%) 1277 (20.8%)
 Light (<2 drinks/day) 44 (33.6%) 380 (43.6%) 573 (57.0%) 3463 (56.5%)
 Moderate to harmful (>3 drinks/day to >6 drinks/day) 3 (2.3%) 66 (7.6%) 226 (22.5%) 1389 (22.7%)
Cigarette smoking
 Do not smoke at all/less than once per day 78 (59.5%) 674 (77.3%) 814 (81.0%) 4786 (78.1%)
 At least once a day 53 (40.5%) 198 (22.7%) 191 (19.0%) 1343 (21.9%)
BMI status
 Underweight 18 (13.7%) 60 (6.9%) 42 (4.2%) 147 (2.4%)
 Normal weight 41 (31.3%) 333 (38.2%) 313 (31.1%) 1675 (27.3%)
 Overweight 47 (35.9%) 376 (43.1%) 478 (47.6%) 3074 (50.2%)
 Obese 25 (19.1%) 103 (11.8%) 172 (17.1%) 1233 (20.1%)