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.