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Table 1 Prevalence (CI) of war experience by adolescents own and parental experience across immigrant regions.

From: Own and parental war experience as a risk factor for mental health problems among adolescents with an immigrant background: results from a cross sectional study in Oslo, Norway

 

Own war experience

Parental war experience

 

Yes**

Yes**

Don't know**

Region*

Boys (736)

Girls (780)

Boys (744)

Girls (787)

Boys (744)

Girls (787)

Western Countries n = 107

12% (3–21)

6% (0–13)

21% (10–32)

12% (3–21)

14% (4–24)

12 (3–21)

Eastern Europe n = 148

35% (23–47)

37% (26–48)

43% (31–55)

46% (34–58)

21% (10–32)

22% (11–33)

Middle East/North Africa n = 376

17% (11–23)

20% (11–29)

33% (28–40)

37% (30–44)

32% (23–41)

25% (18–32)

Sub Saharan Africa n = 168

34% (22–46)

26% (16–36)

60% (48–72)

45% (33–57)

23% (11–35)

24% (13–35)

Indian Sub-continent n = 720

8% (5–11)

5% (3–7)

25% (20–30)

23% (18–28)

34% (28–40)

40% (33–47)

South East Asia and Pacific n = 165

6% (2–11)

1% (0–3)

57% (46–68)

45% (34–56)

22% (12–32)

29% (17–41)

TOTAL

103

14% (11–17)

102

13% (10–16)

255

34% (31–37)

251

32% (30–34)

216

29% (25–33)

241

31% (27–35)

  1. *Adolescents from the Latin American countries were excluded because of few individuals in the group (n = 49). **The categories were yes and no for own, and yes, don't know and no for parental war experience.