Table 4.
Mean values (standard errors) of desire for social distance from someone with depression depending on respondents’ migration background and migration status in the depression vignette
| Item | Non-migranta
(n = 644–708) |
Migrant born in Germanya
(n = 58–62) |
Migrant foreign borna
(n = 98–101) |
Results of analyses of variance (F, partial η2, p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desire for Social Distance | ||||
| Tenantb | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 2.40 (0.05) | 2.56 (0.18) | 2.31 (0.14) | F(2,420) = 0.592, η2 = 0.003, p = 0.554 |
| Migrant vignette | 2.48 (0.05) | 2.15 (0.16) | 2.51 (0.14) | F(2,452) = 2.145, η2 = 0.009, p = 0.118 |
| Neighborb | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 1.69 (0.04) | 1.65 (0.14) | 1.72 (0.11) | F(2,427) = 0.071, η2 = 0.000, p = 0.931 |
| Migrant vignette | 1.67 (0.04) | 1.71 (0.12) | 1.93 (0.10) | F(2,462) = 2.943, η2 = 0.013, p = 0.054 |
| Colleagueb | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 1.67 (0.04) | 1.43 (0.13) | 1.68 (0.10) | F(2,429) = 1.650, η2 = 0.008, p = 0.193 |
| Migrant vignette | 1.67 (0.04) | 1.81 (0.13) | 1.67 (0.10) | F(2,460) = 0.786, η2 = 0.003, p = 0.456 |
| Childcareb | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 3.05 (0.05) | 2.78 (0.16) | 3.08 (0.13) | F(2,420) = 1.321, η2 = 0.006, p = 0.268 |
| Migrant vignette | 2.88 (0.05) | 2.89 (0.14) | 3.23 (0.13)d | F(2,448) = 3.897, η2 = 0.017, p = 0.021 |
| In-lawb | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 2.25 (0.05) | 2.27 (0.16) | 2.65 (0.13)d | F(2,403) = 4.284, η2 = 0.021, p = 0.014 |
| Migrant vignette | 2.18 (0.05) | 2.37 (0.14) | 2.89 (0.13)d,e | F(2,426) = 13.316, η2 = 0.059, p < 0.001 |
| Introduce a friendb | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 2.14 (0.05) | 2.17 (0.16) | 2.20 (0.12) | F(2,421) = 0.105, η2 = 0.000, p = 0.900 |
| Migrant vignette | 2.21 (0.05) | 2.21 (0.15) | 2.40 (0.13) | F(2,454) = 0.988, η2 = 0.004, p = 0.373 |
| Job recommendationb | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 2.59 (0.05) | 2.54 (0.16) | 2.56 (0.13) | F(2,407) = 0.049, η2 = 0.000, p = 0.952 |
| Migrant vignette | 2.57 (0.05) | 2.46 (0.14) | 2.62 (0.13) | F(2,454) = 0.361, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.697 |
| Desire for Social Distance Scalec | ||||
| Non-migrant vignette | 15.75 (0.21) | 15.39 (0.72) | 16.24 (0.57) | F(2,214) = 0.487, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.615 |
| Migrant vignette | 15.65 (0.20) | 15.52 (0.62) | 17.23 (0.54)d | F(2,462) = 3.979, η2 = 0.017, p = 0.019 |
aMean values adjusted for gender, age and level of education; statistically significant results (p < 0.05) are italicized
bDesire for Social Distance single items ranging from 1 ‘totally agree’ to 4 ‘totally disagree’
cDesire for social distance scale comprised of 7 items, total score ranging from 7 to 28 (sum score)
dsignificantly different from non-migrant
esignificantly different from migrant born in Germany