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. 2022 Sep 6;22:1688. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14095-8

Table 2.

Univariate analysis

Sick Mental disorder Somatic disease Infectious disease Non-infectious disease
Yes No Test Yes No Test Yes No Test Yes No Test Yes No Test
Age (mean) 30.32 29.58 0.745 30.28 30.38 0.948 30.64 29.61 0.308 28.03 30.95 0.003 31.2 29.2 0.045*
Sex Men 270 15 0.158 248 37 0.1 178 107 0.016* 61 224 0.344 148 137 0.002*
Women 130 3 123 10 99 34 34 99 90 43
Geographical Origin Europe 47 2 0.969 44 5 0.022* 34 15 0.089 2 47  < 0.000* 34 15 0.097
Middle east 44 2 39 7 28 18 3 43 27 19
West Africa/Nigeria 152 7 147 12 117 42 67 92 92 67
Rest of Africa 20 1 18 3 12 9 6 15 8 13
Central Asia 57 4 46 15 33 28 7 54 29 32
Maghreb 60 2 57 5 40 22 5 57 39 23
Asylum procedure Regular 107 4 0.231 95 21 0.581 73 38 0.391 20 138 0.002* 64 47 0.947
Dublin 191 10 180 16 138 63 63 91 112 89
Accelerated 43 5 42 6 28 20 5 43 27 21
Marital status Single 229 11 0.65 215 25 0.72 161 79 0.362 62 178 0.086 136 104 0.735
Children 38 2 35 5 26 14 6 34 24 16
spouse 54 1 48 7 39 16 16 39 32 24
other 70 5 64 11 43 32 11 64 38 37
Accommodation Public space 183 5 0.131 174 14 0.025* 132 56 0.138 50 138 0.092 110 78 0.591
other 216 13 196 33 145 84 45 184 128 101
Study Level never been to school 65 2 0.638 60 7 0.825 46 21 0.15 27 40  < 0.000* 34 33 0.092
Lower than High school 237 11 217 31 164 84 56 40 141 107
High school 48 4 46 6 28 24 5 192 26 26
More than high school 39 2 38 3 31 10 5 36 30 11

* Statistically significant