The effect of perceived discrimination on the health of immigrant workers in Spain

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Distribution of the sample of immigrant workers in Spain and prevalence of the three categories of perceived discrimination for socio-demographic characteristics

			Perceived discrimination^a
	Sample		Due to immigrant status		Due to physical appearance		Workplace related
Socio-demographic characteristics	n	%	n	Prevalence	n	Prevalence	n	Prevalence
Sex
Male	1395	57.3	1022	73.3	488	35.0	700	50.2
Female	1039	42.7	720	69.3	325	31.3	480	46.2
Age (y)^b
< = 24	422	13.3	313	74.2	143	33.9	216	51.2
25-34	1097	45.1	789	71.9	366	33.4	535	48.8
35-44	638	26.2	464	72.7	225	35.3	308	48.3
45-54	222	9.1	145	65.3	63	28.4	98	44.1
> = 55	42	1.7	21	50.0	10	23.8	15	35.7
Legal Status (work and residence)
Documented	1893	77.8	1324	69.8	638	33.7	894	47.2
Undocumented	541	22.2	421	77.8	175	32.3	286	52.9
Occupation
Manual	1539	63.3	1111	72.2	536	34.8	770	50.0
Non manual	894	36.7	630	70.5	277	31.0	410	45.9
Educative level^b
Non studies/primary studies	770	31.6	576	74.8	308	40.0	412	53.5
Secondary	1247	51.2	883	70.8	392	31.4	593	47.6
University	413	17.0	280	67.8	112	27.1	173	41.9
Economic Activities (Main sectors)^b
Agriculture	266	10.9	129	71.1	89	33.5	129	48.5
Industry	180	7.4	118	71.1	63	35.0	91	50.6
Construction	592	24.3	434	73.3	200	33.8	295	49.8
Services	1394	57.3	990	71.0	461	33.1	665	47.7
Origin country
Ecuador	611	25.1	410	67.1	190	31.1	280	45.8
Morocco	625	25.7	485	77.6	307	49.1	351	56.2
Romania	601	24.7	428	71.2	164	27.3	289	48.1
Colombia	597	24.5	419	70.2	152	25.5	260	43.6
Living time in Spain
< 2	295	12.1	212	71.9	80	27.1	135	45.7
2 to 6	1334	54.8	955	71.6	433	32.5	639	47.9
> 6	805	33.1	575	71.4	300	37.3	406	50.4
*Total*	*2434*	*100.0*	*1742*	*71.6*	*813*	*33.4*	*1180*	*48.5*

(n = 2434)
^a One person can perceive more than one type of discrimination.
^b Do not know/no answer: 0.5% missing value in the sample in age, 0.2% in educative level and 0.1% in economic activities.

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