Skip to main content
. 2019 Aug 19;29:e44. doi: 10.1017/S2045796019000386

Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for associations between prolonged grief disorder and post-migration stressors (controlling for age, gender, marital status and time since arriving in Australia)

Participants (N  =  1245a [unweighted: 1302])
PGD (n  =  75 [99]) No PGD (n  =  1171 [1203])
N % N % AOR 95% CI p
Family waiting to come to AU 35 47.3 642 55.2 0.76 0.48–1.20 0.2399
Does not speak English well 48 63.8 634 54.8 0.89 0.53–1.48 0.6506
Look for paid work in last 12 months 15 20.5 448 39.2 0.57 0.32–1.03 0.0634
Receives government benefits 70 94.0 860 74.1 3.71 1.32–10.38 0.0124
No friends in Australia 6 8.2 65 5.7 1.29 0.41–4.08 0.6600
Has experienced discrimination 9 12.7 86 7.4 2.38 1.06–5.34 0.0361
Does not trust neighbourhood 11 17.7 199 19.4 0.91 0.47–1.75 0.7751
Does not trust Australian community 16 29.3 178 17.5 1.81 0.89–3.69 0.1021
Does not trust government 6 8.5 81 7.4 1.48 0.48–4.53 0.4938
Does not trust health professionals 7 9.4 75 6.8 1.52 0.55–4.18 0.4178
Support from ethnic communityb 40 54.5 589 51.3 1.01 0.76–1.33 0.9674
Support from religious communityb 42 57.3 617 53.9 1.04 0.78–1.39 0.7900
Support from other groupsb 52 70.8 725 63.8 1.19 0.85–1.65 0.3063
Feels welcome in Australiac 9 11.6 137 11.8 0.97 0.68–1.37 0.8453
Sense of belonging in Australiad 15 19.4 195 16.9 1.07 0.82–1.41 0.6075
a

The is maximum N: sample sizes below are reduced by missing values.

b

Three-point scale (‘yes’, ‘sometimes’, ‘no’).

c

Four-point scale (‘always’ to ‘never’; percentage for ‘sometimes/never’).

d

Five-point scale (‘always’ to ‘never’; percentage for ‘sometimes/hardly/never’).