Table 2. Social-economic data and variables related to psychosocial stress and trauma in the different locations.
| Variable | Jordan | West Bank | Gaza | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social variables | Mothers age—median (IQR) | 28 (24–32) | 27 (23–31) | 27 (23–31) | |
| Mothers marital age—median (IQR) | 19,5 (18–22) | 19 (18–21) | 19 (17–22) | ||
| Mothers education—years—median (IQR) | 12 (9–12) | 12 (10–14)* | 12 (10–14)** | ||
| Fathers age—median (IQR) | 33 (29–39) | 32 (28–37) | 31 (27–36)* | ||
| Fathers martital age-median (IQR) | 26 (23–29) | 25 (23–28) | 24 (22–27)* | ||
| Fathers education-median (IQR) | 10 (8–12) | 10 (8–12) | 12 (9–14)** | ||
| Economic variables | Mother unemployed % (95% CI) | 95,5 (93,4–97,4) | 90,2 (86,0–93,9)* | 95,8 (92,8–98,1) | |
| Father unemployed % (95% CI) | 4,7 (2,8–6,8) | 6,2 (3,3–9,5) | 30 (23,9–35,7)** | ||
| Income low < 300 JD or < 1500 shekel % (95% CI) | 61,6 (57,0–65,9) | 34,9 (28,8–41,2)** | 67 (60,9–73,2) | ||
| Income doesn't meet essential needs % (95% CI) | 68,1 (63,5–72,4) | 66,2 (60,2–72,7) | 73 (66,5–79,1) | ||
| Family has loans % (95% CI) | 52,6 (48,4–57,5) | 64,8 (58,3–71,3)* | 72,4 (66,2–78,2)** | ||
| Housing variables | Place of residence % (95% CI) | Urban area | 54,3 (49,9–59,1) | 48,8 (42,4–55,8) | 54,4 (47,9–61,6) |
| Rural area | 15,9 (12,4–19,2) | 16,1 (11,8–21,2) | 6,0 (3,3–9,3) | ||
| Refugee area | 29,7 (25,134,0) | 35,0 (28,4 41,0) | 39,5 (31,9–46,5)* | ||
| Forced to move % (95% CI) | 7,7 (5,3–10,2) | 6,9 (3,7–10,6) | 34,9 (28,4–41,4)** | ||
| Stress-related | Violence against mother % (95% CI) | 19,4 (15,7–23,2) | 34,6 (28,6–41,5)** | 40 (33,5–46,0)** | |
| Violence against child % (95% CI) | 2,6 (1,3–4,2) | 41 (34,4–47,7)** | 41,9 (35,3–48,4)** | ||
| Bad/very bad relationship husband % (95% CI) | 3,0 (1,4–4,7) | 2,8 (0,9–5,1) | 4,2 (1,9–7,0) | ||
| Bad/very bad relationship family members % (95% CI) | 4,0 (2,3–6,1) | 1,4 (0,0–3,2) | 7,4 (4,2–11,2)** | ||
| Traumatic events | Traumascore total—median (IQR) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1)* | 2 (0–4)** | |
| Traumascore % (95% CI) | Low | 98,6 (97,4–99,5) | 96,8 (94,0–98,6) | 80,5 (74,9–86,0)** | |
| Moderate | 1,4 (0,5–2,6) | 3,2 (1,4–6,0) | 16,3 (11,6–21,4)** | ||
| High | 0 | 0 | 3,3 (0,9–5,6)** | ||
*: Significant different compared to Jordan. P<0,05.
**: Significant different compared to Jordan. P<0,001.