Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the migrants (n = 101,894) and their Danish-born controls (n = 611,934)
Refugees | Danish-born matched to refugees | Family reunification immigrants | Danish-born matched to family reunification immigrants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | |||||
Total (n) | 42,696 | 100 | 256,452 | 100 | 59,198 | 100 | 355,482 | 100 |
Females (n) | 17,903 | 41.9 | 107,556 | 41.9 | 42,227 | 71.3 | 253,487 | 71.3 |
Median age at study start (years) | 33.0 | 33.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | ||||
Civil status (n) | ||||||||
Married/Cohabiting | 28,167 | 66.0 | 134,081 | 52.3 | 40,946 | 69.2 | 161,759 | 45.5 |
Single/divorced/ widowed | 11,924 | 27.9 | 122,354 | 47.7 | 10,356 | 17.5 | 193,661 | 54.5 |
Missing | 2605 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 | 7896 | 13.3 | 62 | 0 |
Family income level (euros) | ||||||||
< 13,400 | 10,388 | 24.3 | 11,460 | 4.5 | 9043 | 15.3 | 16,722 | 4.7 |
13,400 - 26,800 | 29,115 | 68.2 | 129,578 | 50.5 | 35,196 | 59.5 | 179,114 | 50.4 |
26,800 - 40,200 | 745 | 1.8 | 81,775 | 31.9 | 6894 | 11.6 | 111,815 | 31.4 |
> 40,200 | 56 | 0.1 | 17,363 | 6.8 | 1023 | 1.7 | 20,923 | 5.9 |
Missing | 2392 | 5.6 | 16,276 | 6.3 | 7042 | 11.9 | 26,908 | 7.6 |
Region of origin (n) | ||||||||
Former Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe | 17,931 | 42.0 | 11,669 | 19.7 | ||||
Somalia and Sub-Sahara | 6598 | 15.5 | 6597 | 11.1 | ||||
Southern and Eastern Asia | 7169 | 16.8 | 19,563 | 33.0 | ||||
Western Asia and North Africa incl. Turkey and Iraq | 10,954 | 25.7 | 17,790 | 30.1 | ||||
South America | 44 | 0.1 | 3579 | 6.0 | ||||
Top 5 Countries of origin (n) | ||||||||
Bosnia-Hercegovina | 13,874 | 32.5 | 794 | 1.3 | ||||
Iraq | 8222 | 19.3 | 3556 | 6.0 | ||||
Turkey | 60 | 0.1 | 7938 | 13.4 | ||||
Somalia | 5195 | 12.2 | 2674 | 4.5 | ||||
Thailand | 0 | 0.0 | 5135 | 8.7 | ||||
Median Follow-up (years) | 13.4 | 14.0 | 10.5 | 11.2 | ||||
End of follow-up (n) | ||||||||
Emigrations to any country | 5454 | 12.8 | 13,222 | 5.2 | 9678 | 16.3 | 20,520 | 5.8 |
Death | 2223 | 5.2 | 24,723 | 9.6 | 830 | 1.4 | 13,001 | 3.6 |
Population at study end | 35,019 | 82.0 | 218,507 | 85.2 | 48,690 | 82.3 | 321,961 | 90.6 |