Table 2.
Predicting the likelihood of PGD by sociodemographic and psychopathological factors: results of binary logistic regression analysis
| Characteristic | PGD | No PGD | LR (χ2) | df | p | Nagelkerke R2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country of origin | 8.792 | 6 | .186 | .214 | ||
| Afghanistan | 4 | 26 | ||||
| Syria | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Iran | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Iraq | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Eritrea | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Somalia | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Other | 0 | 2 | ||||
| No | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Education | 4.414 | 6 | .621 | .128 | ||
| No education (did not attend school) | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Attended / graduated from school | 4 | 32 | ||||
| Started vocational training | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Finished vocational training | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Started / enrolled in university | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Graduated from university | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Started vocational training and university | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Family status | 14.147 | 6 | .025* | .368 | ||
| Single, no relationship | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Married and living together | 3 | 59 | ||||
| Married not living together | 0 | 3 | ||||
| In a relationship | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Divorced | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Widowed | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Partner disappeared, abducted | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Having children | 3.261 | 1 | .071 | .084 | ||
| Yes | 8 | 58 | ||||
| No | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Religion | 15.211 | 3 | .002* | .353 | ||
| Islam | 3 | 65 | ||||
| Other+ | 1 | 9 | ||||
| None (unaffiliated) | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Refused to answer | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Duration since displacement (in months) | 77.50 | 29.99 | 2.236 | 1 | .135 | .069 |
| Duration since application for asylum (in months) | 11.67 | 11.00 | .076 | 1 | .783 | .002 |
| Age (years) | 27.00 | 29.49 | .679 | 1 | .410 | .017 |
| HSCL (mean) | 2.900 | 2.416 | 3.054 | 1 | .079 | .077 |
| SCL Somatization (mean) | 3.094 | 2.248 | 5.589 | 1 | .018* | .139 |
| Number of experienced trauma | 9.250 | 4.935 | 5.596 | 1 | .018* | .137 |
| Number of witnessed trauma | 3.875 | 2.169 | 2.058 | 1 | .151 | .052 |
PGD Participants with PGD, no PGD Participants without PGD, LR Likelihood ratio. Categorical variables are reported as frequencies. Other metric data are reported as means. * p < .05 + various categories (e.g. Christian, Judaism, Hinduism etc.) were provided, but were summarize as ‘other’ since this category applied to a minority only