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Table 3 Characteristics of Afghan participants (n = 30)

From: How do Australian maternity and early childhood health services identify and respond to the settlement experience and social context of refugee background families?

 

Number

Background

 

Hazara

21

Tajik

6

Pashtu, Afghan or Sadath

3

Length of time in Australia

 

<12 months

3

1-2 years

6

3-5 years

6

6+ years

11

Country lived in before coming to Australia

 

Afghanistan

3

Pakistan

23

Iran, Syria, United Arab Emirates

4

Language spoken at home

 

Dari only

12

Hazaragi, Pashto, Urdu, Arabic

11

Dari & other language

5

Dari & English

2

Education

 

Completed secondary school

15

Did not complete secondary school

15

Number of children

 

One child

10

Two or more

20

Household

 

Nuclear

20

Extended

10

Health care concession card

 

Yes

26

No

4