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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Language barriers and their consequences in healthcare: a qualitative case study of Nepali migrants in Finland

Characteristics 

N

Gender

 Man

13

 Woman

14

Highest level of education*

 Basic (up to 10 years)

9

 Higher secondary (11–12 years)

5

 University level (13 + years)

13

Age

 30–34

6

 35–39

5

 40–44

5

 45–49

6

 50+

5

Profession

 Entrepreneur

4

 Restaurant chef

5

 Health and social care sector

5

 Other service sector

9

 Others

4

Self-assessed Finnish skills

 Poor

13

 Medium or high

14

Self-assessed digital Skills

 Poor

12

 Medium

9

 High

6

Number of years in Finland

 1–9

10

 10–14

9

 15–19

4

 20+

4

Reason for migration

 Work

9

 Family reunification

12

 Study

6

  1. *This refers to the education completed in Nepal