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. 2020 Jan 10;20:31. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4845-z

Table 3.

Characteristics of employees with migrant background, specified by nationality, n=1148

German EMB (n = 902) Foreign EMB (n = 246) p-valuea
Utilisation of out- or inpatient rehabilitation [n (%)] 115 (12.7) 28 (11.4) 0.565
Year of birth 1959 [n (%)] 400 (44.3) 79 (32.1) < 0.001***
Female sex [n (%)] 488 (54.1) 111 (45.1) 0.012*
Occupational class [n (%)], m=12
 Highly qualified 140 (15.7) 26 (10.7) < 0.0005***
 Qualified 321 (36.0) 62 (25.4)
 Un-/semi-skilled 431 (48.3) 156 (63.9)
Low quality of leadership [n (%)], m=94 266 (31.9) 65 (29.7) 0.537
High work-privacy conflict [n (%)], m=17 206 (23.2) 52 (21.4) 0.554
Low influence at work [n (%)], m=266 405 (57.6) 109 (60.9) 0.426
Work stress, ERI [Mdn (IQR)], m=301 0.45 (0.25) 0.43 (0.23) 0.260b
Exposed to physical environmental factors [n (%)], m=1 327 (36.3) 81 (33.1) 0.355
Exposed to physical burdensome factors [n (%)], m=1 308 (34.1) 92 (37.6) 0.321
Poor self-rated health [n (%)] 449 (49.8) 112 (45.5) 0.237
Home language mostly German [n (%)] 764 (84.7) 129 (52.4) < 0.0005***

m number of missing values due to respondents not responding to the item, Mdn median, IQR interquartile range; * p < 0.05, *** p < 0.001

atested with Chi2-test if not otherwise specified

btested with Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney-test