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Table 2 Predicting the likelihood of PGD by sociodemographic and psychopathological factors: results of binary logistic regression analysis

From: Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder in a sample of female refugees

Characteristic

PGD

No PGD

LR (χ2)

df

p

Nagelkerke R2

Country of origin

  

8.792

6

.186

.214

 Afghanistan

4

26

    

 Syria

0

27

    

 Iran

1

8

    

 Iraq

2

6

    

 Eritrea

1

4

    

 Somalia

0

2

    

 Other

0

2

    

 No

0

14

    

Education

  

4.414

6

.621

.128

 No education (did not attend school)

1

16

    

 Attended / graduated from school

4

32

    

 Started vocational training

0

3

    

 Finished vocational training

0

1

    

 Started / enrolled in university

2

5

    

 Graduated from university

0

5

    

 Started vocational training and university

0

1

    

Family status

  

14.147

6

.025*

.368

 Single, no relationship

1

8

    

 Married and living together

3

59

    

 Married not living together

0

3

    

 In a relationship

0

2

    

 Divorced

1

1

    

 Widowed

1

0

    

 Partner disappeared, abducted

1

0

    

Having children

  

3.261

1

.071

.084

 Yes

8

58

    

 No

0

14

    

Religion

  

15.211

3

.002*

.353

 Islam

3

65

    

 Other+

1

9

    

 None (unaffiliated)

2

0

    

 Refused to answer

2

3

    

Duration since displacement (in months)

77.50

29.99

2.236

1

.135

.069

Duration since application for asylum (in months)

11.67

11.00

.076

1

.783

.002

Age (years)

27.00

29.49

.679

1

.410

.017

HSCL (mean)

2.900

2.416

3.054

1

.079

.077

SCL Somatization (mean)

3.094

2.248

5.589

1

.018*

.139

Number of experienced trauma

9.250

4.935

5.596

1

.018*

.137

Number of witnessed trauma

3.875

2.169

2.058

1

.151

.052

  1. PGD Participants with PGD, no PGD Participants without PGD, LR Likelihood ratio. Categorical variables are reported as frequencies. Other metric data are reported as means. * p < .05 + various categories (e.g. Christian, Judaism, Hinduism etc.) were provided, but were summarize as ‘other’ since this category applied to a minority only