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. 2012 Jan 19;12:53. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-53

Table 4.

Logistic regression models explaining the health variables according to migration status and country of birth (OR and 95% CI)

Poor self-assessed health Chronic disease Functional limitation
Model Model Model Model Model Model Model Model Model
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

Migration status and country of birth Native-born French 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Born French outside French Guiana 0.36(0.16-0.79) 0.58(0.25-1.34) 0.53(0.22-1.28) 0.56(0.19-1.64) 0.66(0.26-1.71) 0.59(0.22-1.57) 0.41(0.12-1.35) 0.49(0.11-2.23) 0.44(0.09-2.27)

Naturalized immigrant 1.33 (0.61- 2 .88) 1.26(0.58-2.76 1.22(0.57-2.60) 1.89(1.09-3.29) 2.00(1.05-3.80) 1.89(0.90-3.96) 1.40(0.62-3.16) 1.29(0.51-3.24) 1.11(0.44-2.82)

Long-term documented immigrant 1.43(0.68-3.01) 1.07(0.55-2.10) 1.12(0.55-2.25) 1.45(0.61-3.43) 1.39(0.59-3.29) 1.44(0.60-3.45) 1.12(0.72-1.75) 1.02(0.64-1.63) 0.98(0.58-1.65

Temporary documented immigrant 2.32(1.05-5.11) 1.70(0.82-3.53) 1.78(0.87-3.66) 1.39(0.70-2.75) 1.23(0.61-2.51) 1.21(0.56-2.61) 0.97(0.30-3.08 0.73(0.17-3.03) 0.56(0.14-2.31)

Undocumented immigrant born in Surinam 3.29(1.11-9.70) 2.40(0.91-6.34) 2.82(0.99-8.40) 3.79(1.73-8.31) 4.07(1.80-9.22) 4.29(1.55-11.84) 4.20(1.89-9.33) 4.17(1.30-13.39) 3.04(1.02-9.03)

Undocumented immigrant born in Haiti 3.00(0.63-14.22) 1.63(0.33-8.01 1.54(0.31-7.74) 1.60(0.35-7.20) 1.22(0.27-5.57) 1.12(0.23-5.51) 0.37(0.16-0.83) 0.16(0.06-0.42) 0.13(0.05-0.36)

Undocumented immigrant born elsewhere 2.72(0.57-12.88) 2.35(0.55-9.98) 2.79(0.59-13.13) 2.94(0.73-11.80) 2.52(0.61-10.35) 2.57(0.53-12.44) 1.97(0.30-13.02) 1.89(0.36-9.89) 1.34(0.16-10.95)

Model 1: Adjusted for age and gender.

Model 2: Adjusted for age, gender, city and socioeconomic variables (education level, occupational status and perceived financial situation).

Model 3: Adjusted for age, gender, city, socioeconomic variables and psychosocial variables (fluency in French and social isolation).