Variable | Born in Iraq N = 1255 | Born in Sweden N = 634 | ||||
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Not anxious or depressed | Anxious and/or depressed | p | Not anxious or depressed | Anxious and/or depressed | p | |
N = 383 | N = 872 | N = 488 | N = 146 | |||
 | (30.5%) | (69.5%) |  | (77.0%) | (23.0%) |  |
Mean age (years) | 46.5 (10.3) | 45.1(9.0) | 0.014 | 48.9 (11.2) | 46 (10.3) | 0.007 |
Male sex, n (%) | 267 (69.7) | 479 (54.9) | < 0.001 | 269 (55.1) | 65 (44.5) | 0.025 |
Living alone, n (%) | 32 (8.9) | 60 (7.7) | 0.733 | 108 (23.9) | 54 (42.2) | < 0.001 |
Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 28.9 (4.2) | 29.4 (4.6) | 0.073 | 27.2 (4.6) | 26.9 (5.0) | 0.777 |
Physical activity < 150 min/week, n (%) | 230 (62.2) | 661 (78.5) | < 0.001 | 152 (31.1) | 57 (39.0) | 0.054 |
Education level < HS, n (%) | 82 (21.4) | 263 (30.2) | 0.014 | 78 (16.0) | 18 (12.3) | 0.754 |
Unemployed, n (%) | 39 (10.2) | 90 (10.3) | 0.786 | 11 (2.3) | 6 (4.1) | 0.316 |
Economic insecurity, n (%) | 265 (69.2) | 738 (84.6) | < 0.001 | 62 (12.7) | 48 (32.9) | < 0.001 |
Can’t trust people, n (%) | 277 (72.3) | 698 (80.1) | 0.003 | 95 (19.5) | 40 (27.4) | 0.069 |
Low social participation*, n (%) | 306 (79.9) | 760 (87.2) | 0.004 | 158 (32.4) | 70 (47.9) | < 0.001 |
Mean time since migration, (years) | 20.1 (10.0) | 17.5 (9.3) | 0.001 | - | - | - |
Never read in Swedish, n (%) | 239 (62.4) | 635 (72.8) | < 0.001 | - | - | - |
Never write in Swedish, n (%) | 228 (59.5) | 584 (67.0) | 0.002 | - | - | - |
Smoking, n (%) | 81 (21.2) | 215 (24.7) | 0.016 | 112 (23.0) | 37 (25.3) | 0.641 |
Alcohol consumption, n (%) | 88 (23.0) | 151 (17.5) | 0.491 | 425 (87.3) | 112 (76.7) | 0.005 |