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. 2013 Jul 10;10(7):2871–2887. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10072871

Table 2.

Multivariate regression analysis of risk for poor self-rated health among foreign background workers in Sweden.*

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7
OR (95% CI) Pv OR (95% CI) Pv OR (95% CI) Pv OR (95% CI) Pv OR (95% CI) Pv OR (95% CI) Pv OR (95% CI) Pv
Country of origin
Native Swedish 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Foreign Parentage Swedish 1.42 (0.99–2.05) 0.059 1.44 (1.00–2.08) 0.052 1.41 (0.98–2.03) 0.067 1.41 (0.98–2.04) 0.064 1.42 (0.99–2.05) 0.058 1.39 (0.96–2.00) 0.082 1.40 (0.96–2.03) 0.076
Western 1.27 (0.91–1.78) 0.161 1.28 (0.92–1.80) 0.148 1.27 (0.90–1.78) 0.171 1.28 (0.91–1.79) 0.156 1.27 (0.91–1.78) 0.161 1.25 (0.89–1.75) 0.190 1.27 (0.90–1.79) 0.172
Eastern European 2.39 (1.74–3.28) 0.000 2.37 (1.72–3.26) 0.000 2.42 (1.77–3.32) 0.000 2.41 (1.76–3.31) 0.000 2.44 (1.78–3.34) 0.000 2.42 (1.76–3.33) 0.000 2.45 (1.78–3.37) 0.000
Latin American 1.50 (1.06–2.12) 0.022 1.48 (1.05–2.09) 0.027 1.48 (1.05–2.10) 0.025 1.47 (1.04–2.08) 0.030 1.55 (1.09–2.19) 0.014 1.47 (1.03–2.08) 0.031 1.44 (1.01–2.06) 0.043
Other Non-Western 1.79 (1.34–2.40) 0.000 1.80 (1.35–2.42) 0.000 1.76 (1.31–2.35) 0.000 1.78 (1.32–2.38) 0.000 1.86 (1.38–2.49) 0.000 1.79 (1.34–2.41) 0.000 1.79 (1.33–2.42) 0.000
High Psychosoc. Demands 1.48 (1.20–1.82) 0.000 1.37 (1.11–1.69) 0.003
Low Decision Latitude 1.30 (1.05–1.60) 0.016 1.16 (0.93–1.43) 0.186
Low Social Support 1.27 (1.01–1.60) 0.041 1.25 (0.99–1.58) 0.059
Ergonomic Stress 1.35 (1.07–1.69) 0.011 1.13 (0.87–1.46) 0.363
Physical Demands 1.54 (1.22–1.94) 0.000 1.37 (1.06–1.79) 0.018

* model adjusted for age, sex, occupational class, civil status, weekly working hours and migration reason.