Table 2.
Associations between sexual/gender and ethnic (including migrant and refugee) identities and binary health and well-being in 157,414 individuals aged 16-84 years from the Swedish National Public Health Survey (2018 and 2020). Estimates are from multiple logistic and linear regression models (models adjusted for sex, age, and educational level).
| General health | Mental wellbeing (WEMWBS)1 | Mental ill-health2 | Sucidal ideation (lifetime) | Suicide attempts | Risk alcohol use | Risk gambling | Drug use | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Number of yes | 7722 | N/A | 15118 | 14185 | 3803 | 22347 | 4254 | 2487 |
| White heterosexual | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Number of yes | 415 | N/A | 1162 | 1668 | 654 | 1037 | 171 | 373 |
| White Sexual/gender minority | 2·22 (1·82–2·71) | -1·66 (-1·93–-1·38) | 2·15 (1·89–2·44) | 3·39 (3·02–3·82) | 3·84 (3·23–4·55) | 1·16 (1·01–1·33) | 1·24 (0·91–1·70) | 1·90 (1·54–2·35) |
| Number of yes | 370 | N/A | 789 | 461 | 187 | 184 | 283 | 71 |
| Migrant heterosexual | 1·56 (1·28–1·90) | -0·42 (-0·69–-0·14) | 1·55 (1·34–1·80) | 0·79 (0·66–0·95) | 1·08 (0·82–1·43) | 0·19 (0·15–0·24) | 1·84 (1·45–2·34) | 0·43 (0·29–0·65) |
| Number of yes | 20 | N/A | 66 | 47 | 26 | 17 | 27 | 15 |
| Migrant Sexual /gender minority | 1·11 (0.50–2.46) | -0·02 (-0·98–0·95) | 2·02 (1·23–3·33) | 1·29 (0·73–2·29) | 2·82 (1·30–6·15) | 0·21 (0·09–0·51) | 1·74 (0·85–3·56) | 0·94 (0·37–2·42) |
| Number of yes | 278 | N/A | 570 | 475 | 178 | 315 | 246 | 71 |
| Refugee heterosexual | 1·37 (1·10–1·69) | -0·08 (-0·30–0·15) | 1·10 (0·94–1·28) | 0·87 (0·74–1·03) | 1·18 (0·90–1·54) | 0·40 (0·33–0·49) | 1·88 (1·49–2·37) | 0.50 (0·33–0·75) |
| Number of yes | 16 | N/A | 53 | 62 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 12 |
| Refugee Sexual/gender minority | 1·85 (0·81–4·23) | -0·08 (-0·99–0·82) | 1·44 (0·86–2·41) | 2·42 (1·44–4·08) | 2·07 (0·94–4·55) | 0·80 (0·42–1·53) | 2·12 (0·85–5·29) | 1·70 (0·64–4·49) |
Text in bold indicates estimates with 95% CI that do not include 1 2 Short version of the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) 3Assessed using the Kessler-6 and GHQ-5 instruments.