Table 1 Demographic information by birth origin
From: Gaps in smiles and services: a cross-sectional study of dental caries in refugee-background children
Total (n = 350) | Overseas-born (n = 241) | Overseas-born African (n = 176) | Overseas-born other (n = 65) | Australian-born (n = 109) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||||
Female | Number (%) | 170 (48.6) | 121 (50.2) | 89 (50.6) | 32 (49.2) | 49 (45.0) |
Male | 180 (51.4) | 120 (49.8) | 87 (49.4) | 33 (51.8) | 60 (56.0) | |
Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 8.6 (4.4) | 9.6 (4.4) | 9.5 (4.4) | 10.0 (4.6) | 6.4 (3.5) |
Median (range) | 8.6 (0.7-17.9) | 9.7 (0.8-17.9) | 9.5 (0.8-17.9) | 10.2 (1.4-17.6) | 5.6 (0.7-14.1) | |
Country of Birth (Parent country of origin in Australian born) | Number (%) | Australia 109 (31.1) | Sudan 76 (31.5) | Sudan 76 (43.2) | Burma 23 (35.4) | Somalia 79 (72.5) |
Sudan 76 (21.7) | Ethiopia 29 (12.0) | Ethiopia 29 (16.5) | Iraq 10 (15.4) | Sudan 12 (11.0) | ||
Ethiopia 29 (8.3) | Burma 23 (9.5) | Somalia 19 (10.8) | Thailand 9 (13.9) | Eritrea 12 (11.0) | ||
Burma 23 (6.6) | Somalia 19 (7.9) | Kenya 14 (8.0) | Afghanistan 5 (7.7) | Ethiopia 3 (2.8) | ||
Somalia 19 (5.4) | Kenya 14 (5.8) | Egypt 8 (4.5) | Iran/Malaysia both 4 (6.2) | Kenya 2 (1.8) | ||
Other 94 (26.9) | Other 80 (33.2) | Other 30 (17.0) | Other 10 (15.4) | Egypt 1 (0.9) | ||
Language spoken at home | Number (%) | Somali 84 (24) | Dinka 60 (24.9) | Dinka 60 (34.1) | Karen 20 (30.8) | Somali 50 (45.9) |
Dinka 69 (19.7) | Somali 34 (14.1) | Somali 30 (17.1) | Chin 13 (20.0) | English 38 (34.9) | ||
English 66 (18.9) | English 28 (11.6) | English 26 (14.8) | Pashto 5 (7.7) | Dinka 9 (8.3) | ||
Arabic 30 (8.6) | Arabic 22 (9.1) | Arabic 19 (10.8) | Somali 4 (6.2) | Arabic 8 (7.3) | ||
Karen 20 (5.7) | Karen 20 (8.3) | Tigrinya 12 (6.8) | Arabic, Assyrian, Hakka, Iraqi - each 3 (4.6) | Tigre 2 (1.8) | ||
Other 81 (23.1) | Other 77 (32.0) | Other 29 (16.5) | Other 11 (16.9) | Other 2 (1.8) | ||
Interpreter required | Number (%) | 221 (63.1) | 184 (76.4) | 128 (72.7) | 56 (86.2) | 37 (33.9) |