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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: Sub-Saharan African immigrant women's experiences of (lack of) access to appropriate healthcare in the public health system in the Basque Country, Spain

Migration status

Documented (10) of which have been undocumented before (4)

Undocumented (4)

Country of origin

Cameroon

Guinea Bissau (2)

Senegal

Angola (3)

Central African Republic

Democratic Republic of Congo

Gambia

Democratic Republic of Congo (2)

Nigeria

Cameroon

Type of residence permit

Regrouped by husband (4)

Asylum-seeker (2)

Others (4)

None

Use of Public Health System

Whenever it was needed

1 time (1)

2 times (2)

3 times (1)

Use of other health services

Free clinic before having Health Card (2)

Private health services (1)

Free clinic (4)

Possession of Health Card

10

None

Age

25 to 35 (3)

36 to 60 (6)

More than 60 (1)

25 to 35 (3)

36 to 60 (1)

Language used in the interview

Spanish (9)

French (1)

French (2)

English (1)

Swahili (with translator) (1)

Time in the Basque Country by the day of the interview

Less than 6 months (1)

6 months-1 year (1)

1–5 years (2)

More than 5 years (6)

Less than 6 months (2)

6 months-1 year (2)

1–5 years

More than 5 years

Job

Formal job (6)

None