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Table 1 Parents’ socio-demographic characteristics

From: Intellectual function evaluation of first generation immigrant children with sickle cell disease: the role of language and sociodemographic factors

Variable

 

Mean years living in Italy

9.65 years (range 2–20) SD 4.56

Country of origin (N, %)

English-speaking African countries (Nigeria, Ghana)

47

69%

  

French-speaking African countries (Senegal, Togo Guinea, Camerun, Congo, Burkinafaso)

14

22%

  

Others (Portorico, Brazil, Albania)

6

7.5%

  

Italy

1

1.5%

  

Parental employment (N, %)

father

   mother

Worker in a factory

45

66.2%

   17

25.0%

Office worker

8

11.8%

   20

29.4%

Job professional

2

2 .9%

   0

 

Housewife

0

 

   21

30.9%

Not employed

6

8.8%

   6

8.8%

Not specified

7

10.3%

   4

5.9%