Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

Countries	Ages	Accidents	Health	Work	Caste/ethnic groupsa	Educationb	Married	Length of stay (years)
Qatar	28	No	Fair	Poor	B/C	Intermed.	Yes	2
Saudi Arabia	29	No	Good	Fair	B/C	Primary	Yes	10
Malaysia	23	No	Good	Good	Dalit	SLC	Yes	4
Saudi Arabia	48	Yes	Fair	Fair	Dalit	None	Yes	8
Saudi Arabia	49	Yes	Poor	Good	Cha	SLC	Yes	13
Malaysia	42	Yes	Fair	Fair	Limbu	SLC	Yes	2
Qatar	41	Yes	Poor	Poor	Tamang	None	Yes	6
Malaysia	20	No	Poor	Poor	B/C	SLC	Yes	1
Malaysia	25	No	Poor	Poor	B/C	Primary	Yes	3
Saudi Arabia	40	Yes	Very poor	Poor	B/C	None	Yes	5
Qatar	23	No	Good	Good	B/C	SLC	No	4
Saudi Arabia	21	Yes	Very poor	Poor	Limbu	Primary	No	2
Malaysia	35	Yes	Very poor	Poor	B/C	SLC	Yes	1
Malaysia	25	No	Good	Fair	Dalit	Primary	No	6
Malaysia	38	No	Poor	Fair	Tamang	Primary	Yes	2
Qatar	40	No	Poor	Poor	Dalit	Primary	Yes	6
Qatar	29	No	Good	Good	B/C	Primary	Yes	3
Qatar	27	No	Good	Good	B/C	SLC	Yes	2
Qatar	22	Yes	Good	Good	Magar	SLC	No	2
Qatar	21	Yes	Good	Good	B/C	SLC	No	2

Work = working condition

^aEthnicity: B/Cs = Brahmin and Chhetri, Cha = Chaudhary

^bEducation: Primary = primary school, SLC = school leaving certificate, Intermed. = intermediate level