Table 7.

Frequency and percentage for self-assessment in personal and social areas and goals in life, by gender and by country (N = 410).

	Male			Female
	Iraq	Sweden	Iraq-Swe Difference	Iraq	Sweden	Iraq-Swe Difference
I (could) make friends	91	91		85	84
	71.7%	63.6%	−8.0%	65.4%	59.6%	−5.8%
I could socialize with others/It is easy to socialize with others	101	89		108	77
	76.5%	62.2%	−14.3%**	77.1%	57.5%	−19.7%***
I was/am confident in handling challenges in life	80	99		75	88
	64.5%	71.7%	7.2%	63.0%	74.6%	11.6%
I was/am a hardworking person	109	95		79	104
	70.3%	78.5%	8.2%	62.7%	80.6%	17.9%*
I was/am goal–oriented	81	93		79	92
	69.8%	75.0%	5.2%	65.3%	74.8%	9.5%
I was/am a happy person	82	90		79	75
	59.0%	70.3%	11.3%	62.2%	65.8%	3.6%
I could/can adapt to new situations	72	100		61	92
	62.6%	70.9%	8.3%	54.0%	73.6%	19.6%**
I was/am a successful person	105	72		82	73
	77.2%	69.2%	−8.0%	72.6%	68.9%	−3.7%
I had/have a large and helpful network of people around me	117	64		94	64
	80.7%	55.7%	−25.0%***	73.4%	57.7%	−15.8%**

Chi-square tests for country differences.

^***p < 0.01,

^**p < 0.05,

^*p < 0.1.