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. 2016 Aug 12;16:288. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-0995-2

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, mental health and health behavior: migrants 1st and 2nd generation vs. native population (reference)

1st generation migrants 2nd generation migrants Native population
N = 1582 (10.6 %) N = 1943 (13.0 %) N = 11418 (76.4 %)
M ± SD; % n p-valuea M ± SD; % n p-valuea M ± SD; % n
Age (years) 52.6 ± 10.6 1582 <.0001 54.7 ± 11.1 1943 .003 55.5 ± 11.1 11418
Women 50.9 1582 .217 49.4 1943 .924 49.3 11418
Partnership 84.2 1582 .002 79.6 1942 .137 81.0 11418
Socioeconomic status 12.0b 1553 <.0001 14.0c 1934 <.0001 12.0d 11370
Employment 64.5 1565 <.0002 63.3 1935 .002 59.6 11383
Pension 21.1 1562 <.0001 30.2 1926 .035 32.7 11362
Net income <750 € 3.3 1392 <.0001 2.1 1793 .165 1.6 10569
Net income 750–1499 € 15.3 1392 <.0001 8.2 1793 .039 9.7 10569
Net income 1500–2999 € 44.7 1392 <.0001 33.8 1793 .000 38.3 10569
Net income 3000–4999 € 27.7 1392 <.0001 37.3 1793 .021 34.4 10569
Net income ≥5000 € 9.1 1392 <.0001 18.7 1793 .003 15.9 10569
Smoker 22.4 1574 <.0001 21.5 1941 .003 18.6 11405
BMI (kg/m2) 27.5 ± 4.7 1582 .104 27.2 ± 5.1 1943 .035 27.4 ± 5.0 11414
Alcohol gram/day 6.3 ± 12.5 1574 <.0001 11.8 ± 17.2 1941 .893 11.7 ± 17.2 11399
Current depression (PHQ-8 ≥ 10) 10.1 1440 .000 7.3 1925 .412 7.4 11310
Generalized anxiety (GAD) ≥ 3 9.5 1425 <.0001 6.4 1918 .781 6.2 11255
Panic attack (past 4 weeks) 8.3 1393 <.0001 4.8 1869 .263 5.4 11000
Social Phobia (Mini-Spin ≥ 6) 4.6 1418 .135 3.4 1918 .478 3.8 11264
Suicidal thoughts 10.9 1415 <.0001 7.0 1913 .582 7.4 11251
Type D 30.0 1415 <.0001 21.4 1923 .057 23.4 11284
Antidepressant 6.9 1568 .014 6.2 1923 .147 5.4 11298
Anxiolytic 0.8 1568 .462 0.9 1923 .763 1.0 11298

achi2 or Kruskal Wallis test; native Germans serve as reference

brange: 8.0–15.0

crange: 10.0–18.0

drange: 9.0–17.0

Chi2 test, resp. Mann Whitney Wilcoxon Test; native Germans served as reference group