Table 3.

Odds ratio for having less than good health among newly arrived refugees, Sweden 2015

Variables	Crude OR (95% CI)	Model 1 ORa (95% CI)	Model 2 ORb (95% CI)	Model 3 ORc (95% CI)
CHLd
Sufficient	1	1	1	1
Problematic	1.89 (1.17–3.06)*	2.10 (1.22–3.62)**	2.21 (1.22–4.02)**	1.96 (1.02–3.77)*
Inadequate	2.75 (1.75–4.30)***	2.38 (1.43–3.95)**	2.72 (1.55–4.77)***	2.93 (1.58–5.42)**
Sex
Man	1	1	1	1
Woman	1.43 (0.94–2.18)	1.33 (0.80–2.19)	1.47 (0.84–2.58)	1.63 (0.89–2.99)
Age
18–24 years	1	1	1	1
25–44 years	2.55 (1.27–5.13)**	2.82 (1.35–5.92)**	3.63 (1.69–8.27)**	2.74 (1.16–6.46)*
45 years or older	8.98 (4.29–18.82)***	9.17 (4.17–20.14)***	11.42 (4.62–28.20)***	5.26 (2.02–13.69)**
Education level
More than 12 years	1	1	1	1
7–12 years	1.16 (0.78–1.73)	1.22 (0.77–1.92)	1.11 (0.67–1.83)	1.23 (0.71–2.12)
0–6 years	2.62 (1.55–4.42)***	1.84 (0.99–3.43)	2.31 (1.14–4.68)*	2.20 (1.01–4.77)*
Years with residential permit
Less than 1 year	1		1	1
1 year or more	1.22 (0.83–1.79)		0.92 (0.57–1.48)	0.81 (0.49–1.35)
Reasons for residential permit
Asylum	1		1	1
Family reunion or other	1.18 (0.78–1.79)		0.63 (0.33–1.21)	0.65 (0.33–1.31)
Having participated in a HEAe
Yes	1		1	1
No	1.05 (0.70–1.56)		0.90 (0.51–1.60)	1.16 (0.62–2.15)
Long-term illness
No	1			1
Yes	8.35 (5.28–13.20)***			6.93 (3.87–12.41)***

95% CI 95% confidence interval

*Statistically significant p value < 0.05; **Statistically significant p value < 0.01; ***Statistical p value < 0.001

^aAdjusted for comprehensive health literacy, sex, age, and education level

^bAdjusted for CHL, sex, age, education level, years with residential permit, reasons for residential permit, and having participated in a HEA

^cAdjusted for CHL, sex, age, education level, years with residential permit, reasons for residential permit, having participated in HEA, and long-term illness

^dComprehensive health literacy

^eHealth examination for asylum seekers