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Table 2 Weighted prevalences of social capital and psychological distress of men and women, by immigrant status

From: The role of social capital in explaining mental health inequalities between immigrants and Swedish-born: a population-based cross-sectional study

Descriptive characterstics

Swedish-born

Non-refugee 3–9

Non-refugee 10–19

Non-refugee 20+

Refugee 3–9

Refugee 10–19

Refugee 20+

Total

M/W (n, sample)

20664/ 24484

202/ 259

205/ 306

679/ 992

264/ 327

622/ 568

522/ 404

23158/ 27340

M/W (n, weighted)

377067/ 348365

5220/ 5364

4979/ 6069

14114/ 17184

7354/ 7345

16680/ 12573

13653/ 9085

439067/ 405985

Bonding social capital

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

 Social support

  High

90.1/ 93.7

79.9/ 86.3

78.7/ 86.8

77.1/ 87.4

64.1/ 72.4

69.4/ 75.2

68.4/ 77.7

87.5/ 91.9

  Low

9.9/ 6.3

20.1/ 13.7

21.3/ 13.2

22.9/ 12.6

35.9/ 27.6

30.6/ 24.8

31.6/ 22.3

12.5/ 8.1

Bridging social capital

 Horizontal Trust

  High

91.2/ 91.4

79.4/ 85.0

84.8/ 86.1

83.6/ 88.7

69.8/ 71.4

71.0/ 75.0

74.5/ 81.1

89.1/ 90.0

  Low

8.8/ 8.6

20.6/ 15.0

15.2/ 13.9

16.4/ 11.3

30.2/ 28.6

29.0/ 25.0

25.5/ 18.9

10.9/ 10.0

 Horizontal Participation

  High

64.0/ 62.3

63.5/ 50.1

53.4/ 54.9

45.2/ 59.9

50.6/ 45.4

53.6/ 47.5

57.7/ 53.7

62.5/ 61.0

  Low

36.0/ 37.7

36.5/ 49.9

46.6/ 45.1

54.8/ 40.1

49.3/ 54.6

46.4/ 52.5

42.3/ 46.3

37.5/ 39.0

Linking social capital

 Vertical trust

  High

70.0/ 74.5

59.3/ 65.0

52.5/ 63.3

58.0/ 64.5

58.0/ 57.7

54.7/ 52.6

58.7/ 54.7

68.2/ 72.3

  Low

30.0/ 25.5

40.7/ 35.0

47.5/ 36.7

42.0/ 35.5

42.0/ 42.3

45.3/ 47.4

41.3/ 45.3

31.8/ 27.7

 Vertical participation

  High

94.7/ 95.4

70.0/ 76.9

79.8/ 82.3

78.4/ 82.3

73.3/ 72.9

84.1/ 85.0

85.1/ 90.3

92.6/ 93.5

  Low

5.3/ 4.6

30.0/ 23.1

20.2/ 17.7

21.6/ 17.7

26.7/ 27.1

15.9/ 15.0

14.9/ 9.7

7.4/ 6.5

Psychological distress

 No

83.1/ 74.7

76.0/ 75.9

77.2/ 74.2

81.2/ 81.1

72.3/ 70.7

75.0/ 67.7

83.1/ 74.7

82.3/ 74.6

 Yes

16.9/ 25.3

24.0/ 24.1

22.8/ 25.8

18.8/ 18.9

27.7/ 29.3

25.0/ 32.3

22.9/ 29.1

17.7/ 25.4