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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Somatisation: illness perspectives of asylum seeker and refugee patients from the former country of Yugoslavia

Mean age in years (SD)

36 (+/- 10)

Female (N)

20

Male (N)

6

Kosovo (N)

14

Bosnia-Herzegovina (N)

11

South Serbia (N)

1

Muslim (N)

26

Asylum seekers (N)

23

Refugees (N)

3

No professional activity (N)

25

Professional activity (N)

1

Lives in independent apartment (N)

19

Lives in shared rooms/dormitory (N)

7

Lives with family members (N)

24

Other (N)

2

Mean number of years in Switzerland (SD)

3.2 (+/- 2.3)

Mean number of years attending the outpatient clinic (SD)

2.31 (+/- 1.5)