Table 2. Demographic characteristics of the two split-half samples.
| Total Sample | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | |
| 653 | 100 | 324 | 49.62 | 329 | 50.38 | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 243 | 37.21 | 128 | 39.5 | 115 | 34.95 |
| Female | 409 | 62.63 | 196 | 60.5 | 213 | 64.74 |
| Not revealed | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.30 |
| Age in years (mean ± SD) | 653 | 37.00 ± 11.82 | 324 | 37.37 ± 11.72 | 329 | 36.62 ± 11.91 |
| Pre-migration Education | ||||||
| University or tertiary | 250 | 38.28 | 117 | 36.11 | 133 | 40.43 |
| Technical or trade certificate | 49 | 7.50 | 23 | 7.10 | 26 | 7.90 |
| Completed secondary school | 140 | 21.44 | 76 | 23.46 | 64 | 19.45 |
| Some secondary school | 87 | 13.32 | 42 | 12.96 | 45 | 13.68 |
| Completed primary school | 39 | 5.97 | 24 | 7.41 | 15 | 4.56 |
| Some primary school | 37 | 5.67 | 16 | 4.94 | 21 | 6.38 |
| Other education | 13 | 1.99 | 8 | 2.47 | 5 | 1.52 |
| Never attended school | 38 | 5.82 | 18 | 5.56 | 20 | 6.08 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 445 | 68.15 | 228 | 70.37 | 217 | 65.96 |
| Single | 156 | 23.89 | 73 | 22.53 | 83 | 25.23 |
| Widowed | 26 | 3.98 | 10 | 3.09 | 16 | 4.86 |
| Divorced | 10 | 1.53 | 5 | 1.54 | 5 | 1.52 |
| Separated | 10 | 1.53 | 4 | 1.23 | 6 | 1.82 |
| De facto | 6 | 0.92 | 4 | 1.23 | 2 | 0.61 |
| Living structure | ||||||
| With family | 595 | 91.12 | 297 | 91.67 | 298 | 90.58 |
| With friends | 24 | 3.68 | 10 | 3.09 | 14 | 4.26 |
| With family and friends | 13 | 1.99 | 7 | 2.16 | 6 | 1.82 |
| Alone | 12 | 1.84 | 5 | 1.54 | 7 | 2.13 |
| Alone but sometimes with others | 1 | 0.15 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.30 |
| No response | 8 | 1.23 | 5 | 1.54 | 3 | 0.91 |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Self employed | 4 | 0.61 | 2 | 0.62 | 2 | 0.61 |
| Permanent /ongoing | 104 | 15.93 | 54 | 16.67 | 50 | 15.20 |
| Fixed term contract | 26 | 3.98 | 15 | 4.63 | 11 | 3.34 |
| Casual | 69 | 10.57 | 30 | 9.26 | 39 | 11.85 |
| Other | 7 | 1.07 | 3 | 0.93 | 4 | 1.22 |
| Unemployed | 443 | 67.84 | 220 | 67.90 | 223 | 67.78 |
| Years in Australia (mean ± SD) | 653 | 2.64 ± 1.34 | 324 | 2.57 ± 1.32 | 329 | 2.70 ± 1.35 |
| Migration type | ||||||
| Refugee/Humanitarian Entrant | 397 | 60.80 | 198 | 61.11 | 199 | 60.49 |
| Family reunion | 98 | 15.01 | 55 | 16.98 | 43 | 13.07 |
| Education opportunities | 56 | 8.58 | 26 | 8.02 | 30 | 9.12 |
| Financial/economic | 54 | 8.27 | 21 | 6.48 | 33 | 10.03 |
| Political/Asylum Seeker | 14 | 2.14 | 10 | 3.09 | 4 | 1.22 |
| Other reasons | 34 | 5.21 | 14 | 4.32 | 20 | 6.08 |
| Country/Region of Origin | ||||||
| Iraq | 60 | 18.5 | 48 | 14.6 | 108 | 16.5 |
| Syria | 59 | 18.2 | 56 | 17.0 | 115 | 17.6 |
| Afghanistan | 47 | 14.5 | 59 | 17.9 | 106 | 16.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 44 | 13.6 | 38 | 11.6 | 82 | 12.6 |
| Iran | 39 | 12 | 26 | 7.9 | 65 | 10.0 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 7.7 | 37 | 11.2 | 62 | 9.5 |
| Bangladesh | 20 | 6.2 | 20 | 6.1 | 40 | 6.1 |
| Nepal | 15 | 4.6 | 25 | 7.6 | 40 | 6.1 |
| India | 15 | 4.6 | 20 | 6.1 | 35 | 5.4 |