Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the three study populations

Variable	Jordan	Turkey	Switzerland	Total
Total number of participants (n)	61	46	57	164
Mean age (SD), years	43 (8.5)	38 (10.9)	40 (10.0)	40 (9.9)
Age range [min-max], years	22–68	19–61	21–63	19–68
Years since	Mdn [Q1,Q3]	Mdn [Q1,Q3]	Mdn [Q1,Q3]	Mdn [Q1,Q3]
having left hometown	5 [4,7]	5 [4,6]	7 [5,8]	6 [4,7]
having left Syria	5 [3,6]	4 [2,4.75]	6 [5,7]	5 [3,6]
having arrived at host country	4 [3,6]	3 [2,4]	4 [1.75,5]	4 [3,5]
	n [%NJ]	n [%NT]	n [%NS]	N [%N]
Gender, female	39 [64]	31 [67]	29 [51]	99 [60]
Living situation
camp/asylum seeker centre	61 [100]	0 [0]	12 [21]	73 [45]
community	n/a	46 [100]	38 [67]	84 [51]
other	n/a	n/a	6 [11]	6 [4]
Education
no education	13 [21]	3 [7]	0 [0]	16 [10]
basic education	39 [64]	29 [63]	25 [44]	93 [57]
secondary education/technical certificate	8 [13]	7 [15]	21 [37]	36 [22]
tertiary education	1 [2]	7 [15]	11 [19]	19 [12]
Education not completed	17 [33]	25 [54]	40 [70]	77 [47]
Marital status
married/cohabiting	56 [92]	37 [80]	41 [72]	134 [82]
divorced/separated	2 [3]	2 [4]	6 [11]	10 [6]
never married	0 [0]	3 [7]	9 [16]	12 [7]
widowed	3 [5]	4 [9]	1 [1]	8 [5]
Employment status
paid work	22 [36]	17 [37]	17 [30]	56 [34]
self-employed	11 [18]	8 [17]	4 [7]	23 [14]
non-paid work	2 [3]	1 [2]	5 [8]	8 [5]
unemployed	4 [7]	2 [4]	12 [21]	18 [18]
retired	1 [2]	1 [2]	0 [0]	2 [1]
student	1 [2]	1 [2]	7 [12]	9 [6]
others	1 [2]	1 [2]	0 [0]	2 [1]
No legal work permission	44 [72]	33 [71]	16 [28]	93 [57]

Note: N_J number of participants in Jordan, N_T number of participants in Turkey, N_S number of participants in Switzerland