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. 2019 Dec 9;19:944. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4788-4

Table 1.

Demographics of women in study by migrant status and region of origin

Majority women Descendant women All Nordics Western- Europe (etc) EU Eastern Europe Non-EU Eastern Europe Middle East / North Africa Rest of Africa South Asia East/ South East Asia
Total (N) 1,539,005 17,460 278,357 37,403 32,862 48,385 27,211 27,309 25,208 22,011 45,144
% 83.88% 0.95% 15.17% 2.04% 1.79% 2.64% 1.48% 1.49% 1.37% 1.20% 2.46%
% of migrants 14.09% 12.38% 18.22% 10.25% 10.28% 9.49% 8.29% 17.00%
Age (last year in study)
 Mean (sd) 43.33 (15.71) 24.89 (8.86) 37.95 (12.52) 39.88 (14.59) 40.85 (13.86) 35.42 (10.70) 38.79 (12.61) 37.23 (12.10) 34.24 (10.84) 39.20 (12.68) 37.92 (11.53)
 Median 44 22 36 38 39 33 37 36 33 38 36
 Low income at least once 320,500 7394 181,221 21,667 19,871 36,556 14,542 18,921 20,272 13,556 28,304
20.83% 42.35% 65.10% 57.93% 60.47% 75.55% 53.44% 69.28% 80.42% 61.59% 62.70%
 Low income throughout period in study 63,893 2052 75,897 10,016 9413 14,879 4703 7145 9610 5011 12,685
4.15% 11.75% 27.27% 26.78% 28.64% 30.75% 17.28% 26.16% 38.12% 22.77% 28.10%
Length of residency (last year in study)
 1–2 years 60,055 9072 7520 15,333 3445 2591 5419 2839 11,469
21.57% 24.25% 22.88% 31.69% 12.66% 9.49% 21.50% 12.90% 25.41%
 3–5 years 53,970 5558 6967 16,837 3336 3718 5066 2621 7775
19.39% 14.86% 21.20% 34.80% 12.26% 13.61% 20.10% 11.91% 17.22%
 6–10 years 50,803 4468 5751 8253 6011 4951 6083 3484 9118
18.25% 11.95% 17.50% 17.06% 22.09% 18.13% 24.13% 15.83% 20.20%
 11–15 years 38,920 4682 3455 3150 5585 7102 4521 3534 5081
13.98% 12.52% 10.51% 6.51% 20.52% 26.01% 17.93% 16.06% 11.26%
 16–20 years 23,850 3536 1870 1473 6570 2827 1757 2249 2818
8.57% 9.45% 5.69% 3.04% 24.14% 10.35% 6.97% 10.22% 6.24%
 21+ years 50,759 10,087 7299 3339 2264 6120 2362 7284 8883
18.24% 26.97% 22.21% 6.90% 8.32% 22.41% 9.37% 33.09% 19.68%