Research Article
Impact of Postmigration Living Difficulties on the Mental Health of Afghan Migrants Residing in Istanbul
Table 1
Descriptive statistics: continuous and categorical variables and dependent variables (psychological distress/ASCL) measured at bivariate level (
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| Variables | (%) | Psychological distress/ASCL | Statistic (, , or ) | Sig. value | M | SD |
| Age: M = 25.67, SD = 7.87 | — | — | — | | .600 | Gender | | | | | | Female | 26 (16.7) | 62.62 | 21.26 | | .507 | Male | 130 (83.3) | 59.67 | 20.54 | Marital status | | | | | | Divorced, separated, widowed | 7 (4.5) | 67.17 | 25.32 | | .269 | Never married | 85 (54.8) | 61.31 | 18.95 | Married | 63 (40.6) | 56.97 | 21.18 | Education | | | | | | Less than high school | 60 (38.9) | 63.66 | 18.64 | | .110 | High school | 68 (44.2) | 58.18 | 21.56 | College and beyond | 26 (16.9) | 55.17 | 19.62 | Family in Turkey | | | | | | Yes | 55 (35.3) | 56.27 | 17.23 | | .089 | No | 101 (64.7) | 62.14 | 22.04 | Legal status | | | | | | Asylum seeker | 52 (32.9) | 63.43 | 18.18 | | .162 | Refugee | 106 (67.1) | 58.57 | 21.44 | Years in Turkey: M = 2.55, SD = 3.31 | — | — | — | | .092 | Employment status | | | | | | Unemployed | 118 (78.7) | 63.91 | 19.85 | | .000 | Employed | 32 (21.3) | 45.72 | 17.46 | Income | | | | | | Comfortable | 38 (24.5) | 45.66 | 17.37 | | .000 | Not comfortable | 117 (75.5) | 64.84 | 19.53 | Physical health: M = 10.49, SD = 4.21 | — | — | — | | .000 | PMLDs: M = 48.65, SD = 22.70 | — | — | — | | .000 |
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