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Table 3 Questionnaire language version selected by participants (n = 193)

From: Selecting instruments for assessing psychological wellbeing in Afghan and Kurdish refugee groups

Variable

 

English version

Farsi version

Test of significance

  

n

%

n

%

U

Z

p

Refugee group

Afghan

Kurdish

32

81

36

79

58

22

64

21

2533.0

-6.046

0.000

Resettlement location

Christchurch

Perth

45

68

46

72

53

27

54

28

3325.5

-3.608

0.000

Gender

Male

Female

58

55

58

59

42

38

42

41

4467.0

-0.160

0.873

English ability

Speaks English

No English

108

5

65

18.5

58

22

35

81.5

3477.0

-4.541

0.000

Time since resettlement

1-2 years

3-5 years

6-10 years

11-20 years

13

17

37

46

45

42

52

90

16

24

34

5

55

58

48

10

Χ2(1,192) = 23.10

0.000