Social integration and mental health - a decomposition approach to mental health inequalities between the foreign-born and native-born in Sweden

Table 2 Non-linear Oaxaca decomposition of mental health (GHQ) gap between native-born and foreign-born in Sweden

GHQ foreign-born, mean (=n)	.38	(4496)
GHQ native-born, mean (=n)	.31	(60681)
Difference in GHQ	.07^*
Explanatory variables	Contribution to explained health gap (%)
Labour market position ^a
Unemployed	.007^*	10%
Outside the labour market	.011^*	15%
Economic hardship
Difficulty making ends meet	.012^*	16%
Low cash margin	.006^*	8%
Psychosocial working conditions
Lack of support from co-workers	−.000	0%
Lack of support from manager	.000^*	1%
Low job satisfaction	.005^*	7%
Social relations
Low social activity	.014^*	20%
Low social support	.012^*	16%
Low practical support	.005^*	7%
Low trust in others	.012^*	17%
Experiences of discrimination	.006^*	8%
Sociodemographic characteristics ^a
Women	−.000	0%
Married/cohabiting	.001^*	1%
Age	.000	0%
Blue-collar occupational class	−.001^*	−1%
Income	.000	0%
Education
Secondary education	−.001	−1%
Post-secondary education	.001^*	2%

The results are presented as log odds (%). The relative contribution of each explanatory variables was calculated as the share (%) of the total difference in psychological distress
^*denotes p < 0.05
^aemployed, men, not married or cohabiting, white-collar occupational class, compulsory education as reference categories

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