Table 2.

Participants’ socio-demographic and employment characteristics by country of birth.

Demographic	Total	South Sudan n (%)	Afghanistan n (%)	Iraq n (%)
Total participants	30	20	8	2
Male	19 (63%)	14 (70%)	6 (75%)	0
Female	11 (37%)	7 (30%)	2 (25%)	2 (100%)
Age range (years)
18–25	5 (17%)	2 (10%)	3 (37%)	0
26–35	10 (33%)	5 (25%)	4 (50%)	1 (50%)
36–45	9 (30%)	8 (40%)	1 (13%)	0
46–55	6 (20%)	5 (25%)	0	1 (50%)
Duration of residence in Australia
0–5 years	6 (20%)	0	5 (62%)	1 (50%)
5–10 years	5 (17%)	2 (10%)	2 (25%)	1 (50%)
10+ years	19 (63%)	18 (90%)	1 (13%)	0
Highest educational attainment
High school	5 (17%)	5 (25%)	0	0
Certificate/diploma	11 (37%)	7 (30%)	5 (62%)	0
Trade/apprenticeship	1 (3%)	1 (5%)	0	0
Bachelor degree or higher	13 (43%)	8 (40%)	3 (38%)	2 (100%)
Employment status
Casual	9 (30%)	2 (6%)	5 (62%)	2 (100%)
Part-time	6 (20%)	5 (17%)	1 (13%)	0
Full-time	11 (37%)	10 (33%)	1 (13%)	0
Self Employed	4 (13%)	3 (10%)	1 (13%)	0
Industry of employer
Construction/Trade	2 (6%)	1 (3%)	1 (13%)	0
Food services	9 (30%)	1 (3%)	6 (75%)	2 (100%)
Education and training	2 (7%)	2 (6%)	0	0
Support services	1 (3%)	0	1 (13%)	0
Health care and social assistance	10 (33%)	10 (33%)	0	0
Cleaning	2 (7%)	2 (6%)	0	0
Warehousing	2 (7%)	2 (6%)	0	0
Other	2 (7%)	2 (6%)	0	0
Size of employer
5–19 employees	10 (38%)	4 (15%)	4 (51%)	2 (100%)
20–199 employees	13 (50%)	11 (42%)	2 (26%)	0
200 or more employees	3 (12%)	2 (8%)	1 (13%)	0