Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population, per ethnic group (N = 646)
| All | Turkish | Moroccan | ||||
| (N = 646) |
Men (N = 170) |
Women (N = 188) |
Men (N = 157) |
Women (N = 131) |
p-value | |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Turkish (%) | 55.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Moroccan (%) | 44.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female (%) | 49.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Age | 48.6 (13.0) | 49.7 (12.0) | 44.7 (12.9) | 53.3 (12.8) | 46.9 (12.9) | < 0.001 |
| Education | ||||||
| more than primary (%) | 34.5 | 42.9 | 33.5 | 32.5 | 27.5 | 0.035 |
| Self reported health | ||||||
| excellent (%) | 3.7 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 0.037 |
| very good (%) | 5.3 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 5.3 | |
| good (%) | 35.6 | 35.9 | 30.9 | 40.1 | 36.6 | |
| moderate (%) | 39.8 | 31.8 | 42.0 | 41.4 | 45.0 | |
| bad (%) | 15.6 | 17.6 | 20.7 | 11.5 | 10.7 | |
|
N chronic conditions (range = 0-11; mean(sd.)) |
1.8 (1.7) | 1.5 (1.6) | 2.2 (1.8) | 1.6 (1.6) | 1.7 (1.6) | < 0.001 |
| Use of health service | ||||||
| general practitioner (%) | 60.8 | 55.3 | 62.2 | 61.8 | 64.9 | 0.347 |
| outpatient specialist (%) | 25.2 | 25.3 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 29.0 | 0.709 |
| mental health care (%) | 10.2 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 0.002 |
| Ethnic self-identification | ||||||
| Dutch/bi-ethnic (%) | 8.8 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 6.9 | 0.650 |
| Turkish or Moroccan (%) | 91.2 | 90.6 | 92.0 | 89.2 | 93.1 | |
|
Cultural orientation (range = 5-15; mean(sd.))1 |
10.0 (2.6) | 10.0 (2.3) | 9.5 (2.6) | 10.5 (2.5) | 10.0 (2.8) | 0.004 |
|
Emancipation (range = 6-18; mean(sd.))1 |
15.0 (2.8) | 14.8 (2.9) | 15.3 (2.5) | 14.8 (3.0) | 15.1 (2.8) | 0.253 |
|
Communication in Dutch (range = 3-9; mean(sd.))1 |
6.0 (2.9) | 6.3 (3.0) | 5.9 (2.9) | 5.9 (2.7) | 5.8 (2.9) | 0.419 |
|
Social contacts with ethnic Dutch (range = 3-9; mean(sd.))1 |
4.3 (1.6) | 4.7 (1.8) | 4.2 (1.5) | 4.4 (1.7) | 4.1 (1.6) | 0.004 |
1 a higher score indicates higher acculturation