Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants
|
Variable |
Born in Iraq N = 1255 |
Born in Sweden N = 634 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Not anxious or depressed |
Anxious and/or depressed |
p
|
Not anxious or depressed |
Anxious and/or depressed |
p
|
|
|
N = 383 |
N = 872 |
N = 488 |
N = 146 |
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| (30.5%) | (69.5%) | (77.0%) | (23.0%) | |||
| Mean age (years) |
46.5 (10.3) |
45.1(9.0) |
0.014 |
48.9 (11.2) |
46 (10.3) |
0.007 |
| Male sex, n (%) |
267 (69.7) |
479 (54.9) |
< 0.001 |
269 (55.1) |
65 (44.5) |
0.025 |
| Living alone, n (%) |
32 (8.9) |
60 (7.7) |
0.733 |
108 (23.9) |
54 (42.2) |
< 0.001 |
| Mean BMI (kg/m2) |
28.9 (4.2) |
29.4 (4.6) |
0.073 |
27.2 (4.6) |
26.9 (5.0) |
0.777 |
| Physical activity < 150 min/week, n (%) |
230 (62.2) |
661 (78.5) |
< 0.001 |
152 (31.1) |
57 (39.0) |
0.054 |
| Education level < HS, n (%) |
82 (21.4) |
263 (30.2) |
0.014 |
78 (16.0) |
18 (12.3) |
0.754 |
| Unemployed, n (%) |
39 (10.2) |
90 (10.3) |
0.786 |
11 (2.3) |
6 (4.1) |
0.316 |
| Economic insecurity, n (%) |
265 (69.2) |
738 (84.6) |
< 0.001 |
62 (12.7) |
48 (32.9) |
< 0.001 |
| Can’t trust people, n (%) |
277 (72.3) |
698 (80.1) |
0.003 |
95 (19.5) |
40 (27.4) |
0.069 |
| Low social participation*, n (%) |
306 (79.9) |
760 (87.2) |
0.004 |
158 (32.4) |
70 (47.9) |
< 0.001 |
| Mean time since migration, (years) |
20.1 (10.0) |
17.5 (9.3) |
0.001 |
- |
- |
- |
| Never read in Swedish, n (%) |
239 (62.4) |
635 (72.8) |
< 0.001 |
- |
- |
- |
| Never write in Swedish, n (%) |
228 (59.5) |
584 (67.0) |
0.002 |
- |
- |
- |
| Smoking, n (%) |
81 (21.2) |
215 (24.7) |
0.016 |
112 (23.0) |
37 (25.3) |
0.641 |
| Alcohol consumption, n (%) | 88 (23.0) | 151 (17.5) | 0.491 | 425 (87.3) | 112 (76.7) | 0.005 |
BMI = body mass index, HS = high school.
*Fewer than four social activities in the last 12 months.