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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Participants and characteristics

From: Validation of the brief scale for the evaluation of acculturation stress in migrant population (EBEA)

Variable

Category

Study 1

Study 2

Total

(n = 1743), n (%)

Colombian (n = 912), n (%)

Colombian (n = 434), n (%)

Peruvian (n = 397), n (%)

Gender

Male

451 (49.5)

205 (47.2)

199 (50.1)

855 (49.1)

Female

461 (50.5)

229 (52.8)

198 (49.9)

888 (50.9)

Age group

18–30

319 (35.0)

213 (49.1)

170 (42.8)

702 (40.3)

31–60

593 (65.0)

221 (50.9)

227 (57.2)

1041 (59.7)

Arrival year

2000–2009

40 (4.5)

49 (6.0)

149 (38.3)

238 (14.0)

2010–2019

848 (95.5)

380 (46.5)

240 (29.3)

1468 (86.0)

City

Northern end (Arica)

216 (23.7)

101 (23.3)

99 (24.9)

416 (23.9)

North (Antofagasta)

473 (51.9)

231 (53.2)

196 (49.4)

900 (51.6)

Centre (Santiago)

223 (24.5)

102 (23.5)

102 (25.7)

427 (24.5)

Years of education

Less than 8 years of education

101 (11. 2)

26 (3.2)

33 (4.1)

160 (9.3)

8 years of education

230 (25.6)

89 (10.9)

69 (8.5)

388 (22.7)

12 years of education

309 (34.4)

144 (17.7)

129 (15.8)

582 (34.0)

More than 12 years of education

258 (28.7)

161 (19.8)

163 (20.0)

582 (34.0)

Occupational situation

Active worker

653 (75.3)

300 (38.2)

289 (36.8)

1242 (75.2)

Unemployed

121 (14.0)

67 (8.5)

49 (6.2)

237 (14.3)

Student

33 (3.8)

14 (1.8)

8 (1.0)

55 (3.3)

Homemaker

57 (6.6)

25 (3.2)

27 (3.4)

109 (6.6)

Retired or pensioned

3 (0.3)

6 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

9 (0.5)