Table 1.
Description of the population by migration status
| Native -born French | Born French outside French Guiana | Naturalized immigrant | Long-term documented immigrant | Temporary documented immigrant | Undocumented immigrant | Total | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||
| Gender | Female | 52.5 | 46.8 | 60.1 | 49.7 | 63.3 | 52.2 | 52.9 | 0.38 |
| Male | 47.5 | 53.2 | 39.9 | 50.3 | 36.7 | 47.8 | 47.1 | ||
| Age: Median [Interquartiles] | 35 [25-49] | 38 [31-50] | 47 [32-56] | 47 [38-53] | 32 [23-41] | 30 [24-38] | 36 [26-48] | <10-3 | |
| Country of birth | French Guiana | 100 | - | - | - | - | 1.7 | 38.1 | <10-3 |
| Mainland France | - | 70.9 | - | - | - | - | 11.4 | ||
| Other French overseas territory | - | 19.4 | - | - | - | - | 3.1 | ||
| Haiti | - | - | 29.7 | 40.8 | 34.8 | 33.0 | 16.3 | ||
| Surinam | - | 2.1 | 6.9 | 19.6 | 27.3 | 50.1 | 13.6 | ||
| Brazil | - | 1.6 | 5.1 | 19.4 | 17.4 | 3.0 | 5.7 | ||
| Other South American country | - | - | 15.3 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 4.1 | ||
| Other Caribbean country | - | 2.6 | 23.0 | 4.8 | 11.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| Asia | - | - | 9.2 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | ||
| Other | - | 3.5 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | ||
| Duration of residence: Median [Interquartiles] | - | 5 [1-13] | 25 [18-31] | 21 [17-27] | 9 [5-16] | 9 [5-16] | 16 [7-23] | <10-3 | |
| City | Cayenne | 77.4 | 72.9 | 80.2 | 65.7 | 65.7 | 41.7 | 69.0 | 0.04 |
| Saint-Laurent du Maroni | 22.6 | 27.1 | 19.8 | 34.3 | 34.3 | 58.3 | 31.0 | ||
| Educational level | None or primary | 12.6 | 6.2 | 25.9 | 41.1 | 20.0 | 35.6 | 20.6 | <10-3 |
| Secondary | 66.0 | 41.5 | 52.5 | 53.5 | 76.1 | 61.2 | 59.8 | ||
| Tertiary | 21.4 | 52.3 | 21.7 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 19.7 | ||
| Occupational status | Civil servant | 13.0 | 38.9 | 5.0 | 2.0 | - | - | 11.8 | <10-3 |
| Upper white-collar | 5.7 | 14.6 | - | 0.4 | - | - | 4.6 | ||
| Lower white-collar | 21.4 | 12.0 | 27.0 | 27.3 | 19.7 | 8.3 | 19.1 | ||
| Blue-collar | 14.2 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 20.8 | 16.4 | 40.8 | 17.5 | ||
| Unemployed | 10.7 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 18.1 | 20.2 | 0.8 | 10.9 | ||
| Homemaker | 8.0 | 5.6 | 24.9 | 17.3 | 21.8 | 39.5 | 15.9 | ||
| Student | 8.1 | 1.0 | 1.7 | - | 15.5 | 3.2 | 5.4 | ||
| Retired | 14.0 | 11.4 | 16.6 | 9.2 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 10.0 | ||
| Inactive | 5.0 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 4.7 | ||
| Perceived financial situation | Good | 30.8 | 59.4 | 32.3 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 4.6 | 20.6 | <10-3 |
| Fair | 35.5 | 26.5 | 34.9 | 38.5 | 32.3 | 29.4 | 34.5 | ||
| Poor | 33.7 | 14.1 | 32.9 | 49.8 | 57.9 | 66.1 | 44.8 | ||
| Fluency in French | Good | 97.2 | 100 | 82.3 | 71.7 | 68.9 | 46.1 | 82.8 | <10-3 |
| Fair | 2.8 | - | 17.7 | 28.3 | 31.1 | 54.0 | 17.2 | ||
| Feeling of loneliness | No | 87.1 | 81.5 | 73.7 | 83.2 | 78.9 | 73.6 | 82.0 | 0.1 |
| Yes | 12.9 | 18.5 | 26.3 | 16.8 | 21.1 | 26.4 | 18.0 | ||
| Health status | Poor self-assessed health | 35.3 | 19.4 | 52.3 | 50.9 | 48.4 | 47.0 | 39.2 | 0.008 |
| Chronic disease | 22.4 | 15.4 | 44.7 | 35.0 | 22.7 | 33.4 | 26.2 | 0.004 | |
| Functional limitation | 17.9 | 10.0 | 32.2 | 27.0 | 13.0 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 0.02 | |
| Total | 37.8 | 16.1 | 6.9 | 14.2 | 11.0 | 14.0 | 100 | ||