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. 2024 Jan 2;25:101596. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101596

Table 2.

Results of single-level and multi-level regression models for mental (mcs) and physical (pcs) health outcomes.

Clustering Mcs (t0-t1)
Pcs (t0-t1)
crude
baseline
sociodemo
Multi-level
crude
baseline
sociodemo
Multi-level
None None None commune None None None commune
Q1 (lowest) ref ref ref ref ref ref ref ref
Q2 (moderate low) −0.50127 −0.75324 −0.65064 −0.79811 0.32600 −0.15467 −0.37882 −0.37819
(-2.49084–1.48831) (-2.42165–0.91517) (-2.35010–1.04881) (-2.34261–0.74639) (-1.05879–1.71078) (-1.40125–1.09190) (-1.57830–0.82066) (-1.51849–0.76212)
Q3 (moderate) 1.74285 1.25732 0.84761 0.72053 −1.22763 −1.07762 −1.39302 + −1.39029+
(-0.51096–3.99665) (-0.84046–3.35511) (-1.29738–2.99259) (-1.25040–2.69145) (-2.86243–0.40717) (-2.72499–0.56976) (-3.01694–0.23089) (-2.93689–0.15631)
Q4 (moderate high) 1.25611 2.26323+ 1.43071 1.62770 −0.74277 −1.82380+ −2.18030* −2.17586*
(-1.44027–3.95250) (-0.08235–4.60881) (-0.99137–3.85280) (-0.68440–3.93980) (-2.62103–1.13550) (-3.71413–0.06653) (-4.13708 - -0.22352) (-3.95693 to −0.39479)
Q5 (highest 2.32923+ 1.03105 0.29193 0.49907 −0.10897 −1.55074 −1.69936 −1.69727
(-0.41426–5.07273) (-2.10481–4.16690) (-2.89800–3.48187) (-2.43803–3.43617) (-1.91416–1.69622) (-3.86986–0.76838) (-4.04041–0.64168) (-4.00218–0.60763)
mcst0 −0.77460** −0.80670** −0.80364** −0.53900** −0.64767** −0.64764**
(-0.82529 to −0.72392) (-0.85728 to −0.75612) (-0.85469 - -0.75259) (-0.59126 to −0.48675) (-0.70635 - -0.58898) (-0.70467 to −0.59060)
Syria ref ref ref ref ref ref
Iraq 0.42450 1.11572 1.16221 −1.02644 −0.96299 −0.96526
(-1.26303–2.11204) (-0.59687–2.82831) (-0.62459–2.94902) (-2.42875–0.37587) (-2.42283–0.49684) (-2.47666–0.54615)
Afghanistan −1.98632* −1.44005 −1.33101 0.40057 0.37876 0.37662
(-3.89181 to −0.08083) (-3.61314–0.73303) (-3.54921–0.88719) (-1.03585–1.83698) (-1.16118–1.91870) (-1.19872–1.95197)
other Asia −2.46411* −1.34425 −1.33617 0.79758 −0.19544 −0.19698
(-4.76889 to −0.15932) (-3.92678–1.23828) (-3.80064–1.12829) (-0.88759–2.48276) (-1.96692–1.57605) (-2.00480–1.61085)
Africa −0.31678 0.96725 1.08513 1.36869+ 0.84263 0.84017
(-2.25064–1.61708) (-1.23029–3.16479) (-1.11888–3.28914) (-0.13068–2.86805) (-0.74965–2.43491) (-0.78122–2.46156)
other 2.56795 4.94647** 5.21193** 0.60896 0.81110 0.80673
(-0.55351–5.68941) (1.37299–8.51994) (1.520908.90297) (-1.50849–2.72640) (-1.61185–3.23405) (-1.65784–3.27131)
Schleswig-Holstein ref ref ref ref ref ref
Hamburg −2.99813 −3.34634 −3.77142 −3.58719 −5.02498* −5.02692*
(-15.19942–9.20317) (-15.49162–8.79894) (-16.08110–8.53827) (-7.91386–0.73948) (-9.67931 - -0.37066) (-9.62788 to −0.42595)
Lower Saxony 0.00513 1.15511 0.88686 −0.15978 0.96376 0.96303
(-3.24069–3.25095) (-2.16189–4.47211) (-2.29248–4.06620) (-2.74113–2.42156) (-1.71991–3.64743) (-1.57248–3.49855)
Bremen −10.91682** −10.56423** −11.25464** 1.97876 0.39863 0.39535
(-15.56983 to −6.26382) (-15.21309 to −5.91537) (-15.89118 - -6.61810) (-4.22012–8.17763) (-6.44334–7.24060) (-6.28337–7.07406)
Northrhine-Westphalia 0.47871 −0.12859 −0.48130 0.12922 −0.31877 −0.32068
(-2.43454–3.39196) (-3.04408–2.78689) (-3.33257–2.36997) (-2.11463–2.37307) (-2.61365–1.97612) (-2.50996–1.86859)
Hessia 0.34884 0.13470 −0.21050 0.73186 0.88769 0.88580
(-3.16169–3.85937) (-3.34236–3.61175) (-3.62579–3.20478) (-1.81608–3.27979) (-1.74260–3.51798) (-1.66981–3.44141)
Rheinland-Palatinate −1.57630 −2.18993 −2.33983 −1.42270 −1.58692 −1.59122
(-6.94676–3.79416) (-7.20194–2.82208) (-7.02863–2.34897) (-5.04431–2.19890) (-5.49048–2.31663) (-5.34826–2.16582)
Baden-Wuerttemberg −1.85005 −2.79684+ −3.20978* 0.17156 −0.30546 −0.30658
(-4.75682–1.05671) (-5.90107–0.30739) (-6.17921 - -0.24034) (-2.04981–2.39293) (-2.61676–2.00583) (-2.47102–1.85787)
Bavaria 1.34118 0.24065 −0.22190 −0.15065 −0.76068 −0.76419
(-1.87601–4.55836) (-3.04951–3.53082) (-3.29990–2.85610) (-2.57636–2.27506) (-3.27286–1.75150) (-3.11469–1.58630)
Saarland −2.93125 −4.81130 −5.35011 + 5.60788* 4.84319* 4.84013*
(-8.48843–2.62592) (-10.82225–1.19964) (-11.13013–0.42992) (1.20261–10.01314) (0.534829.15157) (0.75687–8.92339)
Berlin −5.72262** −4.86092* −5.07860* −1.94746 −1.93762 −1.94286
(-10.05416 to −1.39108) (-9.16030 to −0.56154) (-9.46537 - -0.69183) (-5.92636–2.03144) (-6.11960–2.24436) (-6.06191–2.17619)
Brandenburg 1.75662 1.07419 0.55473 1.72793 2.67059 2.66703
(-3.04170–6.55495) (-3.66984–5.81821) (-3.95093–5.06039) (-1.86027–5.31614) (-1.31168–6.65285) (-1.06147–6.39552)
Mecklenburg Western Pomerania 0.07665 0.77937 0.28296 2.52918 1.75601 1.75101
(-7.60588–7.75918) (-7.37907–8.93782) (-6.47647–7.04238) (-2.55660–7.61496) (-4.14633–7.65835) (-3.51936–7.02138)
Saxony −0.49940 −0.33026 −0.58567 −0.41508 0.00108 0.00122
(-5.55963–4.56082) (-5.36209–4.70157) (-5.16643–3.99508) (-4.38833–3.55817) (-4.17347–4.17564) (-3.55921–3.56164)
Saxony-Anhalt 0.78317 1.39673 0.83631 0.45726 1.58173 1.58045
(-4.47002–6.03635) (-3.93924–6.73270) (-4.63029–6.30292) (-4.42391–5.33844) (-3.34924–6.51270) (-3.09549–6.25638)
Thuringia −0.94015 −0.78338 −1.18171 5.25399** 4.31938* 4.31501**
(-6.10007–4.21976) (-6.30901–4.74225) (-6.15955–3.79612) (1.44387–9.06411) (0.616948.02182) (1.05863–7.57140)
male ref ref ref ref
female −2.39329** −2.44284** −2.30777** −2.30763**
(-3.65866 to −1.12792) (-3.69505 - -1.19062) (-3.36401 - -1.25153) (-3.37973 to −1.23553)
Days since arrival −0.00140 −0.03713 −0.22106** −0.22107**
(-0.00306–0.00027) (-0.09747–0.02321) (-0.27195 - -0.17017) (-0.27135 to −0.17079)
Education: low ref ref ref ref
Education: medium −0.85088 −0.79004 1.78191** 1.78222**
(-2.50812–0.80635) (-2.44944–0.86937) (0.579982.98384) (0.54223–3.02222)
Education: high −0.27577 −0.19783 2.49724** 2.49732**
(-1.93901–1.38747) (-1.83203–1.43637) (1.225573.76892) (1.26260–3.73204)
Age in years −0.03180 −0.00138 0.00002 0.00002
(-0.09061–0.02700) (-0.00306–0.00030) (-0.00147–0.00151) (-0.00153–0.00157)
Asylum seeker ref ref ref ref
Asylum status 2.17449* 2.26814* 0.45784 0.45629
(0.44156–3.90742) (0.483874.05241) (-0.78539–1.70107) (-0.76578–1.67835)
Temporary protection status −1.68967 −1.74457 0.21540 0.21548
(-4.12615–0.74681) (-4.21394–0.72480) (-1.43711–1.86790) (-1.44531–1.87626)
Observations 1466 1466 1400 1400 1466 1466 1400
R-squared 0.00483 0.41944 0.43855 0.00283 0.28434 0.34023
adjusted R-squared 0.00210 0.40936 0.42541 0.00010 0.27191 0.32478
model degrees of freedom 4 25 32 32 4 25 32
Number of clusters 539 539
Aikikes information criterion (AIC) 10816.96 10039.14
Bayes information criterion (BIC) 11000.51 10222.69
Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) 0.04873 0.00073
Neighbourhood intercept variance 6.18383 0.05259
Residual variance 120.718 72.4004
Likelihood-ratio test vs. linear model 0.0296 0.4863

Mcs = mental health component summary scale; pcs = physical health component summary scale; Significance levels: + p < 0.1; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.