Impact of Postmigration Living Difficulties on the Mental Health of Afghan Migrants Residing in Istanbul
Table 3
Frequency of respondents endorsing living difficulties as “serious” to “very serious” () and PMLD subscales.
Serious/very serious
Subscales
(%)
Unable to return home in emergency
91 (57.6)
PMLD 1 (conditions of extreme precarity)
PCA: 53.9% of variance
Fears of being sent home
90 (57.0)
Worries about not getting treatment for health problems
85 (53.8)
Poor access to emergency medical care
70 (44.3)
Poor access to long-term medical care
67 (42.4)
Poverty
102 (64.6)
Loneliness and boredom
83 (52.5)
Isolation
63 (39.9)
Poor access to the foods you like
75 (47.5)
Being in detention
35 (22.3)
PMLD 2 (asylum difficulties)
PCA: 63.1% of variance
Interviews by immigration
41 (25.9)
Delays in processing your application
41 (25.9)
Conflict with immigration officials
42 (26.6)
No permission to work
87 (55.1)
PMLD 3 (employment-related problems)
PCA: 73.8% of variance
Not being able to find work
93 (58.9)
Bad job conditions
79 (50.0)
Poor access to dentistry care
70 (44.3)
PMLD 4 (access to medical and social services)
PCA: 69.4% of variance
Poor access to counseling services
62 (39.2)
Little government help with welfare
59 (37.3)
Little help with welfare from charities
52 (32.9)
Communication difficulties
65 (44.1)
PMLD 5 (marginalization and family-related stressors)
PCA: 54.9% of variance
Discrimination
27 (17.1)
Separation from family
92 (58.2)
Worries about family back home
110 (69.6)
Note. ; ; . PCAs of each subscale had one component with an eigenvalue of 1.0 or higher. We report the percentage of variance explained by that one component.