Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the total sample and of migrant and non-migrant patients
| Total sample (n = 7302) |
Migrant (n = 985) |
Non-migrant (n = 6298) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age (> 40 yes)** | 42.4 | 14.3 | 39.5 | 12.8 | 42.9 | 14.4 |
| Gender (female)* | 3475 | 47.6 | 446 | 45.3 | 3017 | 47.9 |
| Marital status* | ||||||
| Married | 1529 | 20.9 | 220 | 22.3 | 1306 | 20.7 |
| Single/unmarried | 3922 | 53.7 | 516 | 52.4 | 3397 | 53.9 |
| Widow | 258 | 3.5 | 22 | 2.2 | 235 | 3.7 |
| Divorced | 869 | 11.9 | 128 | 13.0 | 741 | 11.8 |
| Co-habiting | 309 | 4.2 | 24 | 2.4 | 284 | 4.5 |
| Separated | 352 | 352 | 66 | 6.7 | 285 | 4.5 |
| Education** | ||||||
| Primary education | 1259 | 17.2 | 122 | 12.4 | 1134 | 18.0 |
| Secondary education | 2983 | 40.9 | 351 | 35.6 | 2626 | 41.7 |
| Higher education | 2907 | 39.8 | 484 | 49.1 | 2417 | 38.4 |
| Other | 71 | 1.0 | 9 | 0.9 | 62 | 1.0 |
| Unknown | 45 | 0.6 | 14 | 1.4 | 29 | 0.5 |
| Employment | ||||||
| Unemployed | 3201 | 43.8 | 495 | 50.3 | 2703 | 42.9 |
| Paid employment | 1993 | 27.3 | 247 | 25.0 | 1739 | 27.6 |
| Voluntary employment | 95 | 1.3 | 12 | 1.2 | 83 | 1.3 |
| Sheltered employment | 75 | 1.0 | 6 | 0.6 | 68 | 1.1 |
| Student | 384 | 5.3 | 65 | 6.6 | 316 | 5.0 |
| Housewife/husband | 261 | 3.6 | 42 | 4.3 | 218 | 3.5 |
| Retired | 928 | 12.7 | 63 | 6.4 | 863 | 13.7 |
| Other | 338 | 4.3 | 52 | 5.3 | 286 | 4.5 |
All variables adjusted for hospital
*p ≤ 0.05 **p ≤ 0.001