Table 1 Individual and contextual characteristics of refugees in the identified profiles
Profiles of PDS use | Overall sample N (%) | Profile 1 n (%) | Profile 2 n (%) | Profile 3 n (%) | Profile 4 n (%) | Profile 5 n (%) | Profile 6 n (%) | p value†|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Profile size | 25542 (100) | 9732 (38.10) | 1619 (6.34) | 2189 (8.57) | 3671 (14.37) | 2324 (9.10) | 6007 (23.52) | Â |
Age (Years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
0–5 | 1413 (5.53) | 485 (4.98) | 7 (0.43) | 49 (2.24) | 575 (15.66) | 33 (1.42) | 264 (4.39) |  |
6–15 | 5463 (21.39) | 1704 (17.51) | 35 (2.16) | 195 (8.91) | 2477 (67.47) | 113 (4.86) | 939 (15.63) |  |
16–30 | 6873 (26.91) | 3014 (30.97) | 159 (9.82) | 636 (29.05) | 557 (15.17) | 671 (28.87) | 1836 (30.56) |  |
31–45 | 6593 (25.81) | 2674 (27.48) | 365 (22.54) | 836 (38.19) | 38 (1.04) | 896 (38.55) | 1784 (29.7) |  |
46–60 | 3555 (13.92) | 1301 (13.37) | 529 (32.67) | 367 (16.77) | 14 (0.38) | 478 (20.57) | 866 (14.42) |  |
Above 60 | 1645 (6.44) | 554 (5.69) | 524 (32.37) | 106 (4.84) | 10 (0.27) | 133 (5.72) | 318 (5.29) | Â |
Sex |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.05 |
Male | 12066 (47.24) | 4499 (46.63) | 801 (49.66) | 1072 (49.2) | 1750 (48.56) | 1139 (49.56) | 2805 (47.04) | Â |
Female | 13239 (51.83) | 5149 (53.37) | 812 (50.34) | 1107 (50.8) | 1854 (51.44) | 1159 (50.44) | 3158 (52.96) | Â |
Region of birth |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
East Asia & Pacific | 7163 (28.04) | 2629 (27.5) | 420 (26.53) | 281 (12.99) | 1591 (43.84) | 857 (37.42) | 1385 (23.2) | Â |
Europe, Central Asia, Americas, and Caribbean | 157 (0.61) | 66 (0.69) | 21 (1.33) | 19 (0.88) | 9 (0.25) | 10 (0.44) | 32 (0.54) | Â |
Middle East & North Africa | 9956 (38.98) | 4311 (45.09) | 657 (41.5) | 1257 (58.11) | 1027 (28.3) | 552 (24.1) | 2152 (36.04) | Â |
South Asia | 4404 (17.24) | 1380 (14.43) | 314 (19.84) | 395 (18.26) | 610 (16.81) | 287 (12.53) | 1418 (23.75) | Â |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3517 (13.77) | 1175 (12.29) | 171 (10.8) | 211 (9.75) | 392 (10.8) | 584 (25.5) | 984 (16.48) | Â |
Preferred language |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
English | 4291 (16.8) | 1693 (17.44) | 194 (12) | 451 (20.61) | 441 (12.06) | 487 (20.97) | 1025 (17.17) | Â |
Arabic | 7158 (28.02) | 2975 (30.65) | 485 (30.01) | 782 (35.74) | 805 (22.01) | 404 (17.4) | 1707 (28.6) | Â |
Persian and Dari | 3372 (13.20) | 1211 (12.48) | 285 (17.64) | 421 (19.24) | 439 (12) | 147 (6.33) | 869 (14.56) | Â |
Karen | 2431 (9.52) | 692 (7.13) | 122 (7.55) | 43 (1.97) | 721 (19.71) | 266 (11.46) | 587 (9.83) | Â |
Burmese and Related Languages | 2191 (8.58) | 902 (9.29) | 123 (7.61) | 103 (4.71) | 413 (11.29) | 247 (10.64) | 403 (6.75) | Â |
Other Languages | 6015 (23.55) | 2232 (23) | 407 (25.19) | 388 (17.73) | 839 (22.94) | 771 (33.2) | 1378 (23.09) | Â |
Request for interpreter service |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
Yes | 11458 (44.86) | 4285 (44.03) | 887 (54.79) | 1028 (46.96) | 1624 (44.24) | 1024 (44.06) | 2610 (43.45) | Â |
No | 14084 (55.14) | 5447 (55.97) | 732 (45.21) | 1161 (53.04) | 2047 (55.76) | 1300 (55.94) | 3397 (56.55) | Â |
Type of eligibility card |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
No card | 4840 (18.95) | 2234 (22.96) | 148 (9.14) | 399 (18.23) | 611 (16.64) | 335 (14.41) | 1113 (18.53) | Â |
Health Care card | 15445 (60.47) | 5815 (59.75) | 804 (49.66) | 1297 (59.25) | 2426 (66.09) | 1438 (61.88) | 3665 (61.01) | Â |
Pensioner Concession card | 5257 (20.58) | 1683 (17.29) | 667 (41.2) | 493 (22.52) | 634 (17.27) | 551 (23.71) | 1229 (20.46) | Â |
Urbanicity of residence |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
Metropolitan | 23233 (90.96) | 9671 (99.37) | 1512 (93.39) | 2160 (98.68) | 3121 (85.02) | 1768 (76.08) | 5001 (83.25) | Â |
Regional | 1593 (6.24) | 47 (0.48) | 80 (4.94) | 24 (1.1) | 511 (13.92) | 503 (21.64) | 428 (7.13) | Â |
Rural | 716 (2.80) | 14 (0.14) | 27 (1.67) | 5 (0.23) | 39 (1.06) | 53 (2.28) | 578 (9.62) | Â |
Socioeconomic disadvantage (tertile) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
1 (least disadvantaged) | 823 (3.22) | 405 (4.16) | 77 (4.76) | 117 (5.35) | 115 (3.14) | 66 (2.84) | 43 (0.72) | Â |
2 | 5097 (19.96) | 2268 (23.31) | 357 (22.05) | 552 (25.23) | 619 (16.88) | 525 (22.63) | 776 (12.92) | Â |
3 | 19612 (76.81) | 7058 (72.53) | 1185 (73.19) | 1519 (69.42) | 2933 (79.98) | 1729 (74.53) | 5188 (86.37) | Â |
Refugee health program in CHCs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
Yes | 21045 (82.39) | 7635 (78.45) | 1304 (80.54) | 1670 (76.29) | 3167 (86.27) | 1841 (79.22) | 5428 (90.36) | Â |
No | 4497 (17.61) | 2097 (21.55) | 315 (19.46) | 519 (23.71) | 504 (13.73) | 483 (20.78) | 579 (9.64) | Â |
Driving SPAI scores (tertile) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
1 (lowest accessibility) | 4195 (16.42) | 824 (8.47) | 240 (14.82) | 230 (10.51) | 906 (24.68) | 551 (23.71) | 1444 (24.04) | Â |
2 | 8627 (33.78) | 3603 (37.02) | 595 (36.75) | 825 (37.69) | 1148 (31.27) | 833 (35.84) | 1623 (27.02) | Â |
3 | 12720 (49.80) | 5305 (54.51) | 784 (48.42) | 1134 (51.8) | 1617 (44.05) | 940 (40.45) | 2940 (48.94) | Â |
Public transit SPAI scores (tertile) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
1 (lowest accessibility) | 3058 (11.97) | 1836 (18.87) | 177 (10.93) | 336 (15.35) | 337 (9.18) | 208 (8.95) | 164 (2.73) | Â |
2 | 11719 (45.88) | 5271 (54.16) | 816 (50.4) | 1160 (52.99) | 1666 (45.38) | 1085 (46.69) | 1721 (28.65) | Â |
3 | 10765 (42.15) | 2625 (26.97) | 626 (38.67) | 693 (31.66) | 1668 (45.44) | 1031 (44.36) | 4122 (68.62) | Â |