Table 1.
Migrant care workers participating in studies A and B by main characteristics
Characteristics of migrants LTC workers | Study A: the UK | Study B: Norway/Britain | Total | |
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Interviews | Survey | |||
Gender | ||||
Women | 76 | 75 | 35 | 186 |
Men | 20 | 26 | 16 | 62 |
Home country | ||||
EU | 23 | 35 | 22 | 80 |
A8a | 13 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
A2b | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Other EU | 9 | 22 | 5 | 36 |
Non-EU | 73 | 66 | 29 | 168 |
Mean age | 36.5 | 37.4 | 36.8 | 36.9 |
Obtained LTC job before arrival | 38 | 35 | 11 | 84 |
Obtained LTC job after arrival | 58 | 66 | 40 | 164 |
Total number of participants | 96 | 101 | 51 | 248 |
aA8 Accession countries who joined the EU in 2003: The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
bA2 refers to Romania and Bulgaria