Table 3.

Descriptive statistics on participating refugees from Syria

	Participants, N=902	Participants willing to take part in longitudinal questionnaire survey, N=665
	n (%)	n (%)
Number of children
I do not have children	271 (31.6)	213 (33.5)
1	63 (7.4)	44 (6.9)
2	125 (14.6)	86 (13.5)
3	139 (16.2)	103 (16.2)
4	101 (11.8)	78 (12.3)
5	77 (9.0)	53 (8.3)
6 or more	81 (9.5)	59 (9.3)
Total	857 (100.0)	636 (100.0)
Education
9 years or less	394 (44.7)	281 (43.0)
10–12 years	158 (17.9)	116 (17.8)
More than 12 years	330 (37.4)	256 (39.2)
Total	882 (100.0)	653 (100.0)
Refugee status on arrival
Asylum seeker	454 (52.5)	325 (51.0)
Quota refugee	273 (31.6)	209 (32.8)
Family reunion	133 (15.4)	100 (15.7)
Other	4 (0.5)	3 (0.5)
Total	864 (100.0)	637 (100.0)
Arrived in Norway …
… alone	247 (28.1)	182 (28.0)
… with friends, but no family	56 (6.4)	43 (6.6)
… with family	576 (65.5)	425 (65.4)
Total	879 (100.0)	650 (100.0)
Family member previously settled in Norway
No	594 (68.3)	440 (68.4)
Yes	276 (31.7)	203 (31.6)
Total	870 (100.0)	643 (100.0)
Length of flight*
Less than 3 months	165 (33.7)	124 (33.9)
3–12 months	61 (12.4)	42 (11.5)
1–2 years	59 (12.0)	43 (11.7)
t2–3 years	77 (15.7)	56 (15.3)
More than 3 years	128 (26.1)	101 (27.6)
Total	490 (100.0)	366 (100.0)
Residency time in Norway†
Less than 2 years	104 (16.8)	83 (17.9)
Between 2 and 3 years	151 (24.4)	120 (25.9)
Between 3 and 4 years	289 (46.7)	209 (45.1)
More than 4 years	75 (12.1)	51 (11.0)
Total	619 (100.0)	463 (100.0)

*Estimated through the number of days elapsed between a refugee reportedly left Syria and arrived in Norway.

†Estimated through the number of days elapsed between a refugee reportedly arrived in Norway and the date he/she returned the questionnaire.