Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of syrian refugee women by ethnic identity (N:300)
| Socio-Demographic Characteristics | Women's Ethnic Identity | ||||
| Kurdish n (%) |
Arab n (%) |
Yezidi n (%) |
Turkmen N (%) |
χ2; p | |
| Education level | |||||
| Uneducated | 40 (27.2) | 33 (35.5) | 17 (65.4) | 14 (41.2) | 22.071;.001 |
| Primary school | 67 (45.6) | 31 (33.3) | 9 (34.6) | 15 (44.1) | |
| High school and above | 40 (27.2) | 29 (31.2) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (14.7) | |
| Residential type | |||||
| Shanty | 24 (16.3) | 10 (10.8) | 14 (53.8) | 6 (17.6) | 29,583; .000 |
| Apartment | 122 (83.0) | 82 (88.2) | 11 (42.3) | 28 (82.4) | |
| Ruins/Abandoned | 1 (0.7) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Previous residence | |||||
| City center | 68 (46.3) | 49 (52.7) | 2 (7.7) | 8 (23.5) | 72.863; .000 |
| District | 68 (46.3) | 38 (40.9) | 9 (34.6) | 24 (70.6) | |
| Town | 11 (7.5) | 6 (6.5) | 15 (57.7) | 2 (5.9) | |
| Reason for coming to Turkey | |||||
| War | 136 (92.5) | 80 (86.0) | 26 (100.0) | 21 (61.8) | 28.187; .009 |
| Acquaintances' suggestion | 11 (7.5) | 13 (14.0) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (38.2) | |
| Employment Status | |||||
| Unemployed | 112 (76.2) | 83 (89.2) | 26 (100.0) | 30 (88.2) | 13.727; .003 |
| *Employed | 35 (23.8) | 10 (10.8) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (11.8) | |
| Profession | |||||
| Housewife | 97 (66.0) | 80 (86.0) | 25(96.2) | 29 (85.3) | 21.049; .000 |
| **Other | 50 (34.0) | 13 (14.0) | 1 (3.8) | 5 (14.7) | |
| Family's income status*** | |||||
| Equivalent to expenditure | 21 (14.3) | 24 (25.8) | 0 (0,0) | 7 (20.6) | 13.341; .038 |
| Higher than expenditure | 12 (8.2) | 7 (7.5) | 1 (3.8) | 4 (11.8) | |
| Lower than expenditure | 114 (77.6) | 62 (66.7) | 25 (96,2) | 23 (67.6) | |
| Benefiting from safe maternity Services | |||||
| Yes | 19 (12.9) | 16 (17.2) | 1 (3.8) | 8 (23.5) | 9.012; .173 |
| No | 93 (63.3) | 48 (51.6) | 19 (73.1) | 16 (47.1) | |
| Inadequate | 35 (23.8) | 29 (31.2) | 6 (23.1) | 10 (29.4) | |
| X ±SS | X±SS | X±SS | X±SS | KW; p | |
| Age | 33.35±9.47 | 34.92±11,43 | 37.96±9.20 | 33,53±9.20 | 6.370; .095 |
| Age at first marriage | 19.88±3.13 | 18.85±2.89 | 17.58±2.26 | 18.88±2,24 | 17.83; .000 |
*
8 employees did not have regular employment (5 Kurds, 3 Arabs)
**
49 women identified their profession as workers and others as civil servants
***
Women's own expression χ2chi-squaretest, KW=Kruskal-Wallis Test