Table 3.

Decomposing mental health gap between native-born and Nordic-, European- and non-European persons in Sweden

	Nordic		European		non-European
GHQ foreign-born, mean (=n)	.35	(1321)	.39	(1763)	.39	(1388)
GHQ native-born, mean (=n)	.31	(60681)	.31	(60681)	.31	(60681)
Difference in GHQ	.05*		.08*		.08*
Explanatory variables	Contribution to explained health gap (%)		Contribution to explained health gap (%)		Contribution to explained health gap (%)
Labour market position (Employed as reference)
Unemployed	.002*	4%	.005*	6%	.014*	17%
Outside the labour market	.008*	18%	.007*	8%	.016*	19%
Economic hardship
Difficulty making ends meet	.007*	16%	.009*	11%	.018*	21%
Low cash margin	.003*	6%	.004*	5%	.010*	12%
Psychosocial working conditions
Lack of support from co-workers	.000	0%	.000	0%	−.000	0%
Lack of support from manager	−.001	−1%	.000	0%	.001*	1%
Low job satisfaction	.001	3%	.006*	7%	.006*	7%
Social relations
Low social activity	.013*	28%	.011*	13%	.019*	22%
Low social support	.009*	19%	.008*	9%	.019*	22%
Low practical support	.003*	7%	.005*	5%	.009*	10%
Low trust in others	.005*	11%	.015*	17%	.016*	19%
Experiences of discrimination	−.000	−1%	.007*	9%	.008*	10%
Sociodemographic characteristics
Sex (men as reference)	.002*	4%	−.001	−1%	−.001	−2%
Married/cohabiting	.000	0%	.001*	1%	.001*	1%
Age	.005*	10%	−.001*	−1%	−.003*	−4%
Occupational class	−.001	−1%	−.001	−1%	−.002*	−2%
Income	.000	0%	.000	0%	.000	0%
Compulsory education
Secondary education	−.000	0%	−.000	0%	−.001	−1%
Post-secondary education	−.002*	−4%	.003*	4%	.001*	2%

Non-linear Oaxaca decomposition presented as log odds (%)). The relative contribution of each explanatory variable was calculated as the share (%) of the total difference in psychological distress

^*denotes p < 0.05