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. 2017 Jul 13;63(3):337–347. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1010-5

Table 5.

Differences in lifestyle behaviour among migrants from African countries and non-migrants in the country of destination (country of destination is one of the countries represented in The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, collected in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland in 2013 where migrants live after migration)

ATT (smoking at present time)a ATT (moderate sport activity)a ATT (alcohol drinking)a
Country of destination Treated Controls Differences Treated Controls Differences Treated Controls Differences
Belgium 0.55 0.29 0.26* 0.16 0.49 −0.32* 0.77 0.91 −0.14*
Luxembourg 0.41 0.41 0.00 0.90 0.95 −0.05 0.27 0.15 0.12
France 0.00 0.33 −0.33 0.33 0.16 0.17
The Netherlands 0.60 0.60 0.00 0.95 0.86 0.09 0.22 0.22 0.00
Spain 0.07 0.15 −0.08** 0.72 0.70 0.02 0.12 0.09 0.03
Sweden 0.50 0.00 0.50* 0.20 0.40 −0.20

* Difference between migrants and non-migrants significant for p ≤ 0.05

** Difference between migrants and non-migrants significant for p ≤ 0.10

ATT =  average treatment effect on treated calculated as a difference in lifestyle behaviour between the migrants (treated) and non-migrants in their country of destination (control); difference = treated − controls