Table 3.

Risk of having a mental health problem by psychosocial job quality factors and country of birth, Australian Migrant/Ethnic Minority Workers Exposure Survey.

Adjusted # OR for probability of having a mental health problem by job quality factors
Job quality factors (reference: not working in those jobs)	OR	95% CI		p
Jobs that are complex or demanding (n = 1099)	2.6	2.0	3.4	p < 0.0001
Jobs with low control (n = 1030)	1.8	1.4	2.4	p < 0.0001
Jobs with low security (n = 1408)	3.4	2.6	4.4	p < 0.0001
Unfair pay (n = 1201)	0.9	0.63	1.2	p = 0.503
Overall job adversity (n = 1135)	2.7	2.0	3.5	p < 0.0001
Adjusted ## OR for probability of having a mental health problem by country of birth (reference: Australian born)
New Zealand (n = 633)	1.1	0.6	2.0	p = 0.699
India (n = 566)	1.4	0.8	2.5	p = 0.309
Philippines (n = 431)	1.3	0.7	2.5	p = 0.405
Vietnam (n = 195)	0.9	0.4	2.1	p = 0.824
China (n = 195)	1.3	0.6	2.6	p = 0.541
Arabic-speaking country (n = 195)	2.0	1.0	3.9	p = 0.052

^# Adjusted for gender, age group, education level, mean years lived in Australia, employment status and employment type, mean hours worked weekly, and occupational category. ^## Adjusted for workplace psychosocial stressors, gender, age group, education level, mean years lived in Australia, employment status, employment type, and occupation.