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Table 2 Health-related quality of life according to the number of migrant parents, Ballabeina and Youp’là Bouge studies

From: Health-related quality of life in migrant preschool children

 

Number of migrant parents 1

 
 

None

One

Both

Effect 2

Ballabeina (N)

142

124

224

 

 Emotional functioning

72.4 ± 14.0

71.9 ± 13.8

75.7 ± 15.6

1.75 (0.18, 3.31) *

 Social functioning

89.0 ± 12.1

86.5 ± 12.7

83.9 ± 15.1

−2.53 (−3.96, -1.11)***

 School functioning

86.5 ± 11.9

85.2 ± 13.6

83.6 ± 15.0

−1.54 (−3.02, -0.05) *

 Physical health

87.2 ± 11.1

85.6 ± 13.4

83.1 ± 15.0

−2.04 (−3.49, -0.59) **

 Psychosocial health

82.6 ± 9.6

81.2 ± 10.1

81.0 ± 12.0

−0.77 (−1.92, 0.39) NS

 Total score

84.2 ± 9.1

82.7 ± 9.6

81.7 ± 11.7

−1.23 (−2.35, -0.12)*

Youp’là Bouge (N)

482

275

218

 

 Emotional functioning

69.4 ± 13.8

68.5 ± 13.3

68.5 ± 14.5

−0.46 (−1.57, 0.65) NS

 Social functioning

89.2 ± 11.6

89.5 ± 11.2

86.0 ± 13.9

−1.23 (−2.18, -0.28) *

 School functioning

91.9 ± 10.7

89.0 ± 12.5

85.9 ± 15.5

−2.91 (−3.88, -1.94)***

 Physical health

84.1 ± 11.3

83.5 ± 12.0

81.2 ± 14.8

−1.33 (−2.30, -0.36)**

 Psychosocial health

83.5 ± 8.7

82.3 ± 9.5

80.2 ± 11.6

−1.57 (−2.33, -0.82)***

 Total score

83.8 ± 8.6

82.9 ± 9.5

80.7 ± 11.7

−1.45 (−2.20, -0.69)***

  1. Impact of having one or more migrant parent(s) on the children’s quality of life. Raw data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.1 born outside of Switzerland; 2 using mixed linear regression models with age and gender as fixed factors and preschool class/child care as cluster with random effect; results are presented as β-coefficient and (95% confidence interval). NS, not significant; *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; ***, p < 0.001.