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. 2023 Jul 13;96(7):931–963. doi: 10.1007/s00420-023-01981-w

Table 1.

Study characteristics of the included primary studies

Number of articles (n = 21)
Study design
 Cross-sectional 17
 Cohort 4
Publication year
 2016 3
 2017 2
 2018 6
 2019 3
 2020 1
 2021 4
 2022 2
Study country
 Germany 5
 Italy 4
 Spain 3
 Greece 2
 Sweden 2
 UK 2
 Denmark 1
 Finland 1
 France 1
Participants
 Migrants 11
 Migrants and natives 9
 Migrants, refugees and natives 1
Country of origins of migrants and refugees
 Eastern Europe/Poland/Romania 5
 Morocco 3
 Ghana 2
 Latin America/Colombia and Ecuador 2
 China 1
 Italy 1
 Mixed and/or unknown 11
Occupationsa
 Manufacturing industry (including construction) 4
 Services 11
 Agriculture, forestry, fishery 1
 Mixed and/or unknown 8
Outcome types
 Primary 16
 Secondary 1
 Primary and secondary 4
Working conditions
 Work domain 5
 Education–occupation match 4
 Working position 2
 Employment contract 9
 Working schedule 9
 Days off and holidays 1
 Shift work 2
 Physical demands 1
 Work demands 4
 Rewards 6
 Work resources 5
 Work strain/stress 4
 Worksite size 1
 Safety climate 1
 Extreme working conditions 2
 Leadership style 2
 Discrimination 7

aCategorization based on the microcensus model (Destatis 2023)