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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the study population by gender

From: The association between mental health symptoms and mobility limitation among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants: a population based study

 

Russian (n = 467)

Somali (n = 378)

Kurdish (n = 512)

Characteristics

Men (n = 167)

Women (n = 300)

Men (n = 155)

Women (n = 223)

Men (n = 275)

Women (n = 237)

 

%1(n)2

%1(n)2

%1(n)2

%1(n)2

%1(n)2

%1(n)2

Age (mean, SE)

36.6, 1.1 (167)

40.8, 0.8 (300)

32.8, 1.0 (155)

35.3, 0.8 (223)

35.0, 0.6 (275)

35.5, 0.6 (237)

High school graduate3

73.9 (117)

83.9 (250)

42.1 (47)

16.2 (29)

40.5 (103)

42.6 (96)

Good economic situation

60.0 (93)

47.0 (146)

40.6 (44)

47.5 (74)

35.8 (91)

30.9 (71)

Unemployed

26.6 (44)

26.2 (70)

29.8 (40)

21.3 (43)

27.6 (75)

25.3 (62)

Chronic conditions4

22.5 (46)

30.0 (90)

5.7 (9)

26.9 (49)

29.8 (80)

35.5 (85)

Obese (BMI ≥ 30)5

12.3 (21)

17.4 (53)

2.7 (8)

36.2 (77)

14.6 (41)

22.3 (52)

Poor language proficiency in Finnish/Swedish

16.1 (30)

9.3 (31)

7.7 (18)

28.2 (65)

9.5 (30)

18.1 (43)

Time in Finland (mean, SE)

11.3, 0.5 (163)

12.3, 0.4 (298)

11.9, 0.6 (144)

11.5, 0.4 (208)

10.4, 0.3 (263)

11.3, 0.3 (236)

Refugee or asylum seeker

1.2 (2)

1.2 (2)

92.9 (111)

52.4 (95)

84.8 (212)

63.4 (141)

Depressive symptomsa

12.0 (17)

23.5 (65)

6.3 (10)

12.5 (26)

26.3 (65)

49.2 (117)

Anxiety symptomsb

4.0 (7)

23.2 (67)

4.1 (9)

8.3 (22)

20.0 (49)

42.5 (101)

Somatizationc

5.2 (9)

22.0 (63)

7.8 (15)

15.8 (38)

20.9 (53)

38.8 (94)

Mobility limitationd

4.6 (10)

15.7 (47)

8.3 (18)

33.3 (80)

19.4 (57)

42.3 (103)

  1. 1weighted prevalence, weighted mean for age and time lived in Finland.
  2. 2crude n.
  3. 3Has completed high school or part of high school in any country.
  4. 4Those reporting injuries and/or at least one of the following self-reported diseases ever diagnosed by a physician: cardiovascular disease (coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes), asthma, chronic bronchitis, knee osteoarthritis or hip osteoarthritis.
  5. 5BMI = Body mass index (kg/m2).
  6. aHSCL-25 (Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25) [21], depression subscale, cut-off point > 1.75.
  7. bHSCL-25 (Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25) [21], anxiety subscale, cut-off point > 1.75.
  8. cSCL-90 (Symptom Checklist-90) [22], somatization subscale, cut-off point 8/12 symptoms.
  9. dSelf-reported difficulties in walking 500 m or stair climbing.