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Table 3 Number (n) of participants, per cent (%) of study population, unadjusted odds ratios (OR), and 95% confidence interval (CI), for psychotropic drugs purchased (P) by sex, presented for refugees and non-refugees, origin, age, level of education and marital status.

From: Gender-related mental health differences between refugees and non-refugee immigrants - a cross-sectional register-based study

  

Men

Women

Variable

Category

n. P

% P

OR

95% CI

n. P

% P

OR

95% CI

Group

Refugees

1593

10.1

1.47

1.32-1.64

1265

14.8

1.53

1.41-1.66

 

Non-refugees (ref)

451

7.06

1

 

1262

10.2

1

 

Origin

Afghanistan

217

9.93

1.18

1.02-1.39

299

17.12

1.70

1.49-1.95

 

Iraq (ref)

1033

8.50

1

 

1271

10.81

1

 
 

Iran

284

12.87

1.60

1.38-1.83

334

15.75

1.54

1.35-1.76

 

Middle East

92

8.95

1.06

0.85-1.33

73

7.39

0.66

0.51-0.84

 

Somalia

99

5.17

0.59

0.47- 0.72

82

4.91

0.43

0.34-0.54

 

former Yugoslavia

319

11.68

1.42

1.25-1.63

468

17.60

1.76

1.57-1.98

Age group

18-24 (ref)

191

3.08

1

 

209

4.07

1

 
 

25-34

418

6.72

2.26

1.90- 2.70

529

7.93

2.03

1.72-2.40

 

35-44

657

11.79

4.20

3.56-4.96

829

15.50

4.32

3.70-5.05

 

45-54

525

17.18

6.52

5.49-7.74

674

24.91

7.81

6.63-9.20

 

55-64

253

21.44

8.58

7.02-10.48

286

26.24

8.38

6.09-10.16

Education

<9 years (ref)

390

9.99

1

 

644

14.97

1

 
 

9 years

251

7.22

0.70

0.59-0.83

269

9.73

0.61

0.53-0.71

 

12 years

521

9.46

0.94

0.82- 1.08

534

10.76

0.69

0.61-0.77

 

>12 years

601

11.92

1.21

1.06-1.40

505

12.25

0.79

0.70-0.90

 

Missing

281

6.54

0.63

0.53- 0.74

575

12.00

0.77

0.68-0.87

Marital status

Single (ref)

487

5.46

1

 

239

5.73

1

 
 

Married

1304

11.05

2.15

1.93-2.40

1775

12.20

2.29

2.00-2.63

 

Widow(-er)

13

11.50

2.25

1.25-4.04

118

22.39

4.75

3.72-6.05

 

Divorce

240

17.20

3.60

3.05-4.25

395

23.43

4.24

4.24-5.98