| Nordic | European | non-European | |||
GHQ foreign-born, mean (=n) | .35 | (1321) | .39 | (1763) | .39 | (1388) |
GHQ native-born, mean (=n) | .31 | (60681) | .31 | (60681) | .31 | (60681) |
Difference in GHQ | .05* | Â | .08* | Â | .08* | Â |
Explanatory variables | Contribution to explained health gap (%) | Contribution to explained health gap (%) | Contribution to explained health gap (%) | |||
Labour market position (Employed as reference) | ||||||
 Unemployed | .002* | 4% | .005* | 6% | .014* | 17% |
 Outside the labour market | .008* | 18% | .007* | 8% | .016* | 19% |
Economic hardship | ||||||
 Difficulty making ends meet | .007* | 16% | .009* | 11% | .018* | 21% |
 Low cash margin | .003* | 6% | .004* | 5% | .010* | 12% |
Psychosocial working conditions | ||||||
 Lack of support from co-workers | .000 | 0% | .000 | 0% | −.000 | 0% |
 Lack of support from manager | −.001 | −1% | .000 | 0% | .001* | 1% |
 Low job satisfaction | .001 | 3% | .006* | 7% | .006* | 7% |
Social relations | ||||||
 Low social activity | .013* | 28% | .011* | 13% | .019* | 22% |
 Low social support | .009* | 19% | .008* | 9% | .019* | 22% |
 Low practical support | .003* | 7% | .005* | 5% | .009* | 10% |
 Low trust in others | .005* | 11% | .015* | 17% | .016* | 19% |
 Experiences of discrimination | −.000 | −1% | .007* | 9% | .008* | 10% |
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||
 Sex (men as reference) | .002* | 4% | −.001 | −1% | −.001 | −2% |
 Married/cohabiting | .000 | 0% | .001* | 1% | .001* | 1% |
 Age | .005* | 10% | −.001* | −1% | −.003* | −4% |
 Occupational class | −.001 | −1% | −.001 | −1% | −.002* | −2% |
 Income | .000 | 0% | .000 | 0% | .000 | 0% |
 Compulsory education | ||||||
  Secondary education | −.000 | 0% | −.000 | 0% | −.001 | −1% |
  Post-secondary education | −.002* | −4% | .003* | 4% | .001* | 2% |