Table 3.

Descriptive statistics for life meaning, coping and worries, by gender and by country.

	Men							Women
	Iraq			Sweden				Iraq			Sweden
	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	M diff	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	M diff.
How much did/does … help you to make sense/give your life meaning during your most stable period in Iraq or now in Sweden?
Family	206	9.10	2.00	194	9.11	1.48	−0.01	182	9.40	1.43	179	9.21	1.57	0.19***
Friends	174	7.49	2.46	170	7.27	2.47	0.22	147	7.22	2.62	161	7.66	2.48	−0.44
Religion & spirituality	168	7.31	3.06	159	7.22	3.13	0.09	151	8.02	2.56	151	8.07	2.63	−0.05
Work & school	163	7.67	2.53	161	7.54	2.59	0.13	151	8.15	2.32	157	8.10	2.51	0.05
To what extent did/does … help you in coping with any difficult situation you are facing during your most stable period in Iraq or now in Sweden?
Family	191	9.47	1.26	190	9.07	1.94	0.40**	172	9.41	1.42	176	9.30	1.44	0.11
Friends	161	7.71	2.23	166	7.43	2.56	0.28	134	7.13	2.77	152	7.49	2.57	−0.37
Religion & spirituality	150	7.66	2.77	153	7.22	3.02	0.44*	137	8.01	2.67	146	8.16	2.62	−0.16
Work & school	147	7.31	2.57	152	6.97	2.66	0.34	130	7.06	2.69	146	7.45	2.68	−0.38*
Being out in nature	127	6.51	3.09	152	8.01	2.30	−1.49***	118	6.00	3.32	153	8.18	2.35	−2.18***
What worried/worries you most, during your most difficult time in Iraq and now in Sweden
Family	139	8.73	2.46	155	7.61	3.12	1.12***	125	8.02	3.17	130	6.86	3.66	1.15***
Friends	124	6.43	2.72	127	5.89	3.02	0.54***	104	6.11	2.95	115	5.34	3.30	0.77*
Work & school	115	6.77	3.00	153	7.67	2.84	−0.91**	110	6.65	3.07	149	7.50	2.99	−0.85*
Safety	183	8.95	2.40	106	5.13	3.40	3.82**	161	8.89	2.30	115	4.89	3.45	4.01***

Chi–square tests for country differences,

^***p < 0.01,

^**p < 0.05,

^*p < 0.1.

Scale from 1 (Not at all) to 10 (Very much).