Table 2.
Description of the studies in the comparative analysis (n = 93)
| Number (%) | |
|---|---|
| Continent of receiving country | |
| Europe | 54 (58%) |
| North America | 34 (37%) |
| Asia | 3 (3%) |
| Australia | 2 (2%) |
| Theme (combinations possible) | |
| General access/having a usual source of care | 27 (29%) |
| Vaccines | 19 (22%) |
| Mental health | 16 (17%) |
| Hospital or ER use | 15 (16%) |
| Oral health | 14 (15%) |
| Primary care use | 12 (13%) |
| Other | 2 (2%) |
| Study population characteristics | |
| Sample size | |
| Sample size < 200 | 8 (9%) |
| Sample size 200–10.000 | 46 (50%) |
| Sample size > 10.000 | 39 (42%) |
| Type of migrants | |
| Not specified or mixed | 85 (91%) |
| Refugee only | 8 (9%) |
| Labour only | 0 |
| Generation of migrants | |
| Not specified or mixed | 13 (14%) |
| Only first-generation migrants | 16 (17%) |
| Only second-generation migrants | 64 (69%) |
| Age range | |
| < 7 years only | 14 (15%) |
| 12–18 years only | 11 (12%) |
| Other or all children 0–18 years | 68 (73%) |
| Origin of migrants | |
| All or several countries | 37 (40%) |
| Hispanic | 6 (6%) |
| Asian | 2 (2%) |
| African | 1 (1%) |
| Non-Western/Less developed countries | 3 (3%) |
| Western countries | 1 (1%) |
| Turkey | 1 (1%) |
| Chile | 1 (1%) |
| North Korea | 1 (1%) |
| Not specified | 41 (44%) |
| Methodological characteristics | |
| Study design | |
| Cross-sectional | 76 (82%) |
| Longitudinal (prospective, retrospective) | 17 (18%) |
| Study representativeness | |
| Regional | 60 (65%) |
| National | 33 (35%) |
| Data source (combinations possible) | |
| Register or other routine data | 44 (47%) |
| National survey | 29 (31%) |
| Questionnaire to a targeted study population | 26 (28%) |
| Other | 7 (8%) |
| Type of source (combinations possible) | |
| Register or other routine data | 39 (42%) |
| Parent-report | 36 (39%) |
| Self-report | 13 (14%) |
| Other (e.g. blood sample) | 7 (8%) |
| Confounding variables adjusted for (combinations possible) | |
| Sex | 45 (48%) |
| Age | 44 (47%) |
| Education of parents | 22 (24%) |
| Income of parents | 15 (16%) |
| Other SES of parents | 15 (16%) |
| Need indicators (health status) | 15 (16%) |
| Insurance | 14 (15%) |
| Ethnicity | 10 (11%) |
| Language spoken at home | 6 (6%) |
| Parental attitudes or beliefs | 5 (5%) |
| None | 24 (26%) |