Table 1.
Sociodemographic and flight-related characteristics
| Participants N = 502 |
Non-participants N = 8141 |
χ2 | Total N = 1316 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| M/s.d./range | 29.73/8.79/18–70 | 29.48/10.5/18–902 | 29.55/9.88/18–903 | |
| 18–29 years | 293 (58.3%) | 504 (62.1%) | 3.324 | 797 (60.7%) |
| 30–39 years | 142 (28.3%) | 200 (24.6%) | 342 (26%) | |
| 40–49 years | 44 (8.8%) | 62 (7.6%) | 106 (8.1%) | |
| >50 years | 23 (4.6%) | 46 (5.7%) | 69 (5.2%) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 348 (69.3%) | 550 (67.6%) | 0.441 | 898 (68.2%) |
| Female | 154 (30.6%) | 264 (32.4%) | 418 (31.8%) | |
| Country of origin | ||||
| Cameroon | 92 (18.3%) | 60 (7.4%) | 172.832* | 152 (11.6%) |
| Eritrea | 41 (8.2%) | 171 (21%) | 212 (16.1%) | |
| Iraq | 23 (4.6%) | 40 (4.9%) | 63 (4.8%) | |
| Nigeria | 38 (7.6%) | 36 (4.4%) | 74 (5.6%) | |
| Syria | 52 (10.4%) | 69 (8.5%) | 121 (9.2%) | |
| Turkey | 43 (8.6%) | 44 (5.4%) | 87 (6.6%) | |
| Venezuela | 85 (16.9%) | 28 (3.4%) | 113 (8.6%) | |
| Othera | 128 (25.4%) | 366 (45%) | 494 (37.5%) | |
| Years of schooling | ||||
| M/s.d./range | 10.6/3.78/0–15 | |||
| University degree4 | ||||
| Yes | 259 (51.9%) | |||
| No | 240 (48.1%) | |||
| Last occupational status5 | ||||
| Employed | 107 (21.4%) | |||
| In retirement | 4 (0.8%) | |||
| Military service | 23 (4.6%) | |||
| Self-employed | 121 (24.2%) | |||
| Studies or training | 108 (21.6%) | |||
| No employment | 61 (12.2%) | |||
| Other | 77 (15.4%) | |||
| Marital status5 | ||||
| Single | 290 (57.9%) | |||
| Married | 180 (35.9%) | |||
| Divorced | 21 (4.2%) | |||
| Widowed | 10 (2%) | |||
| Partnership5 | ||||
| Yes | 186 (37.1%) | |||
| No | 315 (62.9%) | |||
| Children5 | ||||
| Yes | 201 (40.1%) | |||
| No | 300 (59.9%) | |||
| Flight duration in month | ||||
| M/s.d./range | 7.4/11.29/0–156 | |||
| Accompaniment during the flight5 | ||||
| Alone | 224 (44.7%) | |||
| Strangers | 127 (25.3%) | |||
| Friends | 50 (10%) | |||
| Family members | 100 (20%) | |||
| Information about family5 | ||||
| Yes | 266 (53.1%) | |||
| No | 235 (46.9%) | |||
| Information about friends4 | ||||
| Yes | 186 (37.3%) | |||
| No | 313 (62.7%) | |||
*p < 0.001; 1including N = 67 pilot study; 2N = 812; 3N = 1314; 4N = 499; 5N = 501.
a
Country of origin other (N, total sample): Afghanistan (25), Albania (6), Algeria (9), Armenia (14), Azerbaijan (1), Belarus (1), Colombia (1), Côte d'Ivoire (1), Czech Republic (1), Ethiopia (50), Gambia (3), Ghana (6), Georgia (76), Guinea (3), India (19), Iran (10), Jordan (2), Kosovo (2), Kuwait (2), Lebanon (14), Libya (45), Macedonia (2), Morocco (9), Mozambique (1), Myanmar (12), Niger (1), Palestine (19), Pakistan (25), Russian Federation (28), Senegal (2), Serbia (6), Somalia (52), Sri Lanka (1), Tajikistan (1), Togo (1), Tunisia (18), Ukraine (1), Vietnam (4), Yemen (2), stateless (16).