The prevalence of substance use among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland: a population-based study

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the study population by ethnicity adjusting for age

	Russian			Somali			Kurdish			General population
	n	%	p*	n	%	p*	n	%	p*	n	%
Gender
Men	251	37	< 0.01	211	45	0.32	325	56	< 0.01	493	48
Women	437	63		264	55		288	44		672	52
Age
18 to 29	181	27	< 0.01	197	41	< 0.01	215	37	< 0.01	288	37
30 to 45	252	36		189	42		277	45		351	28
Over 45	255	37		89	18		121	18		526	36
Marital status
Married or cohabiting	443	60	0.96	313	66	0.07	422	65	0.03	752	62
Basic education
High school graduate	517	77	< 0.01	108	28	< 0.01	253	42	< 0.01	783	66
Employment situation
Employed	383	54	< 0.01	104	25	< 0.01	237	40	< 0.01	829	69
Unemployed	137	22		91	20		155	25		48	4
Economically inactive	167	25		266	55		218	36		273	27
Economic situation
Unsatisfactory	296	45		299	62		396	65	0.00**
Age at migration
Underage	150	24		187	40		138	24	0.00**
Duration of residence in Finland
> 5 years	550	81		350	81		488	80	0.96**
Grounds for residence permit
Refugee or asylum seeker	4	0		229	72		377	75	0.00*
Language proficiency
Good	386	65		288	81		273	52	0,00**

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