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Table 3 Decomposing mental health gap between native-born and Nordic-, European- and non-European persons in Sweden

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

 

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*

 

.08*

 

.08*

 

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%

  1. Non-linear Oaxaca decomposition presented as log odds (%)). The relative contribution of each explanatory variable was calculated as the share (%) of the total difference in psychological distress
  2. *denotes p < 0.05