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. 2013 Jun 19;6:10.3402/gha.v6i0.20187. doi: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20187

Table 1.

The characteristics of the two study groups, which consisted of patients with and without a migration background (number of patients [n] and percentage of sample, age±standard deviation [SD], parental socioeconomic status) for two periods of assessment

Migrants Non-migrants Migrants vs. non-migrants p adj2)



Total Males Females Total Males Females Males Females
ICD-9 assessment period 0.074 (3.191)α
n 652 408 244 1,883 1,251 635
% 62.6 37.4 66.4 33.6
Parental socioeconomic status 0.000 (74.9) 0.000 (103.6)
 Low % 27.0 38.5 10.0 9.4
 Mid-low % 64.7 54.9 76.7 77.3
 Mid-high % 5.9 4.9 9.0 8.7
 High % 2.5 1.6 4.2 4.1
Age±SD Years 0.000 (41.7) 0.000 (42.5)
 0–2 % 2.0 0.6 0.9 0.7
 3–5 % 6.4 3.1 8.1 8.1
 6–9 % 32.5 14.1 37.8 24.5
 10–13 % 30.5 18.4 34.9 25.6
 14–17 % 28.5 63.8 18.3 41.1
ICD-10 assessment period 0.002 (10.0)α
n 702 412 290 2,748 1,789 959
% 58.7 41.3 65.1 34.9
Parental socioeconomic status 0.000 (182.6) 0.000 (88.3)
 Low % 47.1 42.1 17.2 17
 Mid-low % 38.3 40 60.1 61.1
 Mid-high % 6.8 6.9 16.4 13.3
 High % 7.8 11 6.3 8.6
Age±SD Years 0.000 (52.2) 0.005 (14.8)
 0–2 % 1.9 0.0 0.7 0.3
 3–5 % 9.5 4.8 7.0 5.6
 6–9 % 23.4 14.0 35.6 21.5
 10–13 % 27.2 19.3 33.8 25.5
 14–17 % 38.0 61.8 22.9 47.0

The diagnosis was obtained in accordance with either the ICD-9 or ICD-10 criteria for an assessment period, with each period of assessment lasting 10 years.

α

These values refer to the proportion of male and female patients in migrants vs. non-migrants.