Factors Shaping Occupational Injustice among Resettled Syrian Refugees in the United States

Table 1

Means and standard deviation () of the LDSR scores by subgroups.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

Gender

F

M

Age

18-24 yrs

25-34 yrs

35-44 yrs

≥45 yrs

Region

Northeast

Midwest

4.3±1.2

1.8±1.2

2.5±1.5

1.3±0.5

1.4±0.9

2.3±1.6

1.3±0.8

1.3±0.8

2.7±1.0

3.3±1.8

2.6±1.5

3.6±1.8

4.3±1.3

South

Time in USA

0-1 yrs

2 yrs

3 yrs

≥4 yrs

Note: (1) language barrier, (2) cultural differences and culture shock, (3) social segregation, (4) social injustice and discrimination, (5) my qualification is underappreciated, (6) unable to find appropriate work, (7) exploitation in work, (8) bad work conditions, (9) sense of time is distorted, (10) poor access to medical care, (11) poverty and poor help with welfare, (12) fears of being sent home, and (13) separation from family and worries about them.