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

Table 3.

Multivariate regression analysis of risk for mental distress 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 1.15 (0.77–1.73) 0.489 1.18 (0.78–1.79) 0.432 1.14 (0.76–1.72) 0.522 1.14 (0.76–1.72) 0.518 1.15 (0.77–1.73) 0.492 1.12 (0.74–1.69) 0.588 1.15 (0.76–1.74) 0.515
Western 1.15 (0.78–1.70) 0.487 1.17 (0.79–1.72) 0.439 1.15 (0.77–1.70) 0.495 1.15 (0.78–1.71) 0.474 1.15 (0.78–1.70) 0.481 1.13 (0.77–1.68) 0.530 1.16 (0.78–1.72) 0.458
Eastern European 2.05 (1.41–2.98) 0.000 2.03 (1.39–2.97) 0.000 2.08 (1.43–3.03) 0.000 2.07 (1.42–3.01) 0.000 2.11 (1.45–3.08) 0.000 2.07 (1.42–3.02) 0.000 2.11 (1.44–3.11) 0.000
Latin American 1.85 (1.25–2.72) 0.002 1.81 (1.22–2.69) 0.003 1.83 (1.25–2.69) 0.002 1.81 (1.23–2.67) 0.003 1.95 (1.32–2.87) 0.001 1.82 (1.24–2.68) 0.002 1.84 (1.23–2.74) 0.003
Other Non-Western 1.50 (1.07–2.11) 0.018 1.54 (1.10–2.16) 0.013 1.47 (1.05–2.06) 0.026 1.49 (1.06–2.10) 0.020 1.59 (1.13–2.24) 0.008 1.50 (1.07–2.11) 0.018 1.56 (1.11–2.20) 0.011
High Psychosoc. Demands 2.00 (1.55–2.57) 0.000 1.82 (1.41–2.35) 0.000
Low Decision Latitude 1.40 (1.10–1.79) 0.007 1.18 (0.91–1.52) 0.205
Low Social Support 1.28 (0.98–1.66) 0.069 1.25 (0.96–1.64) 0.095
Ergonomic Stress 1.70 (1.32–2.21) 0.000 1.45 (1.08–1.94) 0.014
Physical Demands 1.57 (1.20–2.06) 0.001 1.21 (0.88–1.65) 0.238

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