Table 5.
Prevalence rates of postmigration stress and their associations with anxiety, depression, low SWB and PTSD presented as odds ratios (ORs) with 95% CIs
% (n) | Weighted % (95% CI)* |
Anxiety OR (95% CI)* |
Depression OR (95% CI)* |
Low SWB OR (95% CI)* |
PTSD OR (95% CI)* |
|
Often felt disrespected due to my national background | 4.3 (52) | 4.3 (3.1 to 5.5) | 5.49 (2.79 to 10.81) | 5.68 (2.83 to 11.41) | 7.04 (3.35 to 14.78) | 5.96 (2.97 to 11.94) |
Often have had bothering difficulties communicating in Swedish | 39.0 (469) | 37.1 (34.5 to 39.9) | 1.77 (1.30 to 2.40) | 2.39 (1.78 to 3.19) | 2.36 (1.77 to 3.16) | 2.77 (2.00 to 3.83) |
Often been unable to buy necessities | 8.5 (103) | 8.5 (6.9 to 10.2) | 3.46 (2.14 to 5.60) | 3.46 (2.14 to 5.60) | 3.21 (1.94 to 5.32) | 4.31 (2.49 to 7.45) |
Often missing my social life from back home | 64.1 (773) | 62.3 (59.6 to 65.2) | 2.00 (1.46 to 2.81) | 2.37 (1.74 to 3.23) | 2.43 (1.78 to 3.31) | 2.90 (1.97 to 4.27) |
Often felt sad because not reunited with family members | 49.8 (581) | 50.2 (46.9 to 53.5) | 1.26 (0.93 to 1.71) | 1.41 (1.06 to 1.86) | 1.40 (1.06 to 1.85) | 1.49 (1.08 to 2.05) |
Often felt excluded or isolated in the Swedish society | 19.6 (235) | 19.8 (17.4 to 22.2) | 2.42 (1.70 to 3.46) | 3.40 (2.39.4.83) | 2.89 (2.05 to 4.08) | 3.29 (2.27 to 4.78) |
Often distressing conflicts in family | 6.0 (72) | 6.0 (4.5 to 7.5) | 2.51 (1.29 to 4.92) | 4.87 (2.25 to 10.53) | 4.64 (2.32 to 9.29) | 5.16 (2.56 to 10.40) |
*All analyses are weighted and associations are adjusted for gender, age groups, level of education, marital status, all eight types of studied refugee-related PTEs, no. of types of PTEs and no. of types of PTEs squared. The reference categories are not often having been exposed to the respective postmigration stressful experiences. 95% CI are calculated based on robust standard errors.
PTEs, potentially traumatic events; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; SWB, subjective well-being.