Table 2.
Participants’ socio-economic and demographic information (n = 23).
| Variables | Range | M | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 21–55 | 37.62 | 8.93 | |
| Age of marriage | 14–30 | 20.00 | 4.59 | |
| Number of Children | 2–8 | 4.52 | 1.85 | |
| Resided in Jordan (months) | 8–60 | 19.39 | 13.26 | |
| Members in the household | 2–9 | 5.22 | 2.23 | |
| % | ||||
| Marital status: | Married | 82.6% | ||
| Widowed | 8.7% | |||
| Divorced | 4.3% | |||
| Unknown | 4.2% | |||
| Escaped to Jordan: | Alone | 4.3% | ||
| Only with children | 30.4% | |||
| Children & spouses | 60.9% | |||
| Economic status: | Low | 30.4% | ||
| Very low | 69.6% | |||
| Mothers employment: | Unemployed | 73.9% | ||
| Part time | 17.4% | |||
| Full time | 8.7% | |||
| Fathers employment: | Unemployed | 60.9% | ||
| Some work | 39.1% | |||
| Households with children attending school: | All attended | 45% | ||
| Some attended | 35% | |||
| None attended | 20% |