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. 2017 Jun 28;3:549–557. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.06.003

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics, pre-and post-migration social determinants, transnational social ties and mental health by sex and health care services – ANRS PARCOURS study.

Women



Men



Primary care HIV CHB Primary care HIV CHB
N=405 N=568 N=216 N=351 N=349 N=553
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Pre-and post-migration related stressors


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Reasons for coming to the host country
Threat in the home country 17.3 9,8 13,7 0.002 24,1 17,9 17,6 0.036
Medical 3.7 8,4 7,0 1,8 9,2 5,8
Find a job 19.8 35,2 25,2 37,8 42,9 48,1
Study 13.0 8,1 6,8 20,6 15,4 16,5
Family reunion 46.1 38,6 47,3 15,7 14,6 11,9


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Legal status in France
No residence permit 13.8 6.9 21.8 <0.001 20.9 10.2 25.8 0.000
Temporary residence permit including 1 or 3 years 24.1 42.5 33.1 27.2 44.6 36.7
Long residence permit and French-Nationals 62.1 50.5 45.0 51.9 45.3 37.5


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Transnational social ties
A child of less than 18 years old not in France 15.5 19.6 18.6 0.444 32.5 37.8 33.5 0.527


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Someone close to rely on in times of hardship
In host and home countries 71.8 53.8 67.0 <0.001 65.2 57.8 65.4 0.116
In the host country only 13.9 23.5 16.5 11.6 23.9 17.6
In the home country only 6.1 12.2 3.8 9.6 9.3 7.3
Has no one 8.2 10.5 12.7 13.6 8.9 9.7


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Mental health
Mild/severe anxiety/depressive symptoms 24.5 31.4 21.7 0.114 17.5 19.6 19.7 0.769


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Socio-demographic characteristics


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Age
18–34 33.9 22.3 38.4 <0.001 32.7 11.8 32.3 <0.001
35–44 25.1 47.3 42.4 27.6 31.8 37.7
45–59 41.0 30.4 19.2 39.7 56.4 30.0
Median Age 41 40 37 <0.001 41 47 39 0.009
IQR (31–50) (35–46) (31–43) (31–50) (39–52) (33–46)
7 years and more since arrival in France 67.8 69.5 53.9 0.020 61.4 73.2 62.5 0.048
Median years in France 13 12 10 <0.001 12 13 12 <0.001
IQR (6–25) (7–17) (4–16) (4–24) (8–24) (6–17)
Secondary/higher educational level 80.1 81.2 78.6 0.769 76.1 80.1 68.1 0.023


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Occupational status
Elementary occupation 39.4 42.4 33.5 0.176 40 44.2 49.2 0.113
intermediary/superior occupation 22.0 16.0 17.2 26.2 28.2 25.3
Without occupation 33.1 35.0 38.1 27.0 26.1 21.9
Student 5.5 6.6 11.1 6.9 1.6 3.7
Stable partnership 51.1 33.6 45.8 0.000 38.1 34.6 38.4 0.713
Regular religious practice 69.7 61.3 71.6 0.042 62.0 55.4 66.8 0.014


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Life events
Experience of forced sex 21.5 25.0 20.7 0.596 2.6 6.4 2.8 0.170
Experience of homelessness 5.5 6.6 3.9 0.591 13.6 10.5 8.7 0.227

Weighted percentages. p value: design-based x2 test comparison of proportion and quantile regression with robust variance estimator for median comparison across groups. log linear regression for mean comparison IQR. interquartile range. CHB. chronic hepatitis B.