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

Table 3.

Demographic and health characteristics among 1st generation migrants: Turkish and Polish 1st generation migrants vs. native Germans

1st generation 1st generation Native population
Turkish Migrants Polish Migrants
N = 141a N = 295 N = 11418
M ± SD; % n p-valueb M ± SD; % n p-valuea M ± SD; % n
Age (years) 48.3 ± 9.2 141 <.0001 53.0 ± 11.2 295 .000 55.1 ± 1.1 11418
Women 37.6 141 .006 52.2 295 .323 49.3 11418
Partnership 87.9 141 .036 84.1 292 .183 81.0 11418
Socioeconomic status 9.3 ± 4.8 135 <.0001 12.0 ± 4.2 292 <.0001 12.0 ± 4.6 11383
Employment 69.1 139 .024 68.5 292 .002 59.6 11362
Pension 14.5 138 <.0001 22.9 292 .000 32.7 10569
Net income <750 € 5.3 113 .002 1.5 267 .887 1.6 10569
Net income 750–1499 € 25.7 113 <.0001 8.6 267 .538 9.7 10569
Net income 1500–2999 € 43.4 113 .273 50.2 267 <0.0001 38.3 10569
Net income 3000–4999 € 20.4 113 .002 30.7 267 .204 34.4 10569
Net income ≥5000 € 5.3 113 .002 9.0 267 .002 15.9 11418
Years lived in Germany 31.4 ± 8.4 n.a. 28.2 ± 12.9 n.a. n.a.
Smoker 36.2 141 <.0001 20.1 293 .504 18.6 11418
BMI (kg/m2) 28.8 ± 4.5 141 <.0001 27.4 ± 4.8 295 .954 27.4 ± 5.0 11418
Alcohol gram/day 1.7 ± 5.7 141 <.0001 7.8 ± 12.9 293 <.0001 11.7 ± 17.2 10826
Current depression (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) 21.6 98 <.0001 9.6 272 .0754 6.8 10826
Generalized anxiety (GAD) ≥ 3 14.6 96 .001 8.6 280 .114 6.2 11255
Panic attack (past 4 weeks) 16.7 96 <.0001 7.4 271 .167 5.4 11000
Social Phobia (Mini-Spin ≥ 6) 10.3 97 .001 5.0 279 .283 3.8 11264
Suicidal thoughts 22.1 95 <.0001 13.2 280 .000 7.4 11251
Type D 39.6 96 .001 37.3 279 < .0001 23.4 11284
Antidepressant 5.7 140 .859 5.5 291 .925 5.4 11298
Anxiolytic 0.0 140 .245 1.4 291 .471 1.0 11298

adetailed numbers in the table (missing data)

bchi2 or t Kruskal Wallis test; native Germans serve as reference