Table 3.
Generalized linear model with robust estimates for the effect of gender, age and migration status on HRQOL measured with SF-12v2
| Subjective Physical Health | Subjective Mental Health | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | SD | p-value | Estimate | SD | p-value | |
| Constant | 51.94 | .70 | <= .001 | 47.66 | .67 | <= .001 |
| Men | 1.21 | .44 | .006 | 2.27 | .42 | <= .001 |
| Women | Reference | . | . | Reference | . | . |
| Undocumented migrants | −2.22 | .75 | .003 | −9.63 | 1.05 | <= .001 |
| German samplea | - | Reference | . | - | . | . |
| Age | -.19 | .01 | <= .001 | .05 | .01 | <= .001 |
Dependend variable: Subjective physical health, Subjective mental health
SD Standard deviation
aThe German sample constitutes a subgroups of the representative German sample surveyed with the BGS98. The subgroup includes all participants that visited a physician for an acute or chronic complaint within the past 4 weeks