Health-related quality of life in migrant preschool children

Table 4 Impact of migration on health-related quality of life in specific subgroups of the Ballabeina study

	No parents with low education	No foreign language spoken at home
Ballabeina (N)	316	303
Emotional functioning	1.45	0.04
Emotional functioning	(−0.42, 3.31) ^NS	(−2.05, 2.14) ^NS
Social functioning	−2.84	−2.91
Social functioning	(−4.47, -1.20)***	(−4.65, -1.17)***
School functioning	−1.39	−2.33
School functioning	(−3.10, 0.33) ^NS	(−4.36, -0.30)*
Physical health	−2.12	−2.9
Physical health	(−3.77, -0.47)*	(−4.77, -1.03)**
Psychosocial health	−0.92	−1.71
Psychosocial health	(−2.25, 0.41)	(−3.20, -0.22)*
Total score	−1.36	−2.14
Total score	(−2.64, -0.08)*	(−3.55, -0.73)**

Impact of having one or more migrant parent(s) on the children’s quality of life in children with parents without a low educational level (column 1) or in children who do not speak a foreign language at home (column 2). Statistical analysis by mixed linear regression models with age and gender as fixed factors and preschool class 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.

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