Table 1 Description of the study sample by migrant status (German Health Update 2014/2015, women age 20 years and above, n = 12,064)
Population group | p-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-migrants | Migrants from EU countries | Migrants from non-EU countries | ||
N | 11,081 | 490 | 493 | |
Age | < 0.01 | |||
20–39 years | 3346 (30.2%) | 157 (32.0%) | 225 (45.6%) | |
40–59 years | 4501 (40.6%) | 198 (40.4%) | 180 (36.5%) | |
60 + years | 3234 (29.2%) | 135 (27.6%) | 88 (17.8%) | |
Partnership status | < 0.01 | |||
Partner | 6239 (56.3%) | 307 (62.7%) | 306 (62.1%) | |
No partner | 4842 (43.7%) | 183 (37.3%) | 187 (37.9%) | |
Socioeconomic status | < 0.01 | |||
Low | 1579 (14.2%) | 74 (15.1%) | 105 (21.3%) | |
Moderate | 6622 (59.8%) | 251 (51.2%) | 252 (51.1%) | |
High | 2880 (26.0%) | 165 (33.7%) | 136 (27.6%) | |
Social support | < 0.01 | |||
Low | 1709 (15.4%) | 101 (20.6%) | 118 (23.9%) | |
Moderate | 5858 (52.9%) | 256 (52.2%) | 269 (54.6%) | |
High | 3514 (31.7%) | 133 (27.1%) | 106 (21.5%) | |
Region | < 0.01 | |||
Western Germany | 8118 (73.3%) | 436 (89.0%) | 439 (89.0%) | |
Eastern Germany | 2963 (26.7%) | 54 (11.0%) | 54 (11.0%) | |
Type of residential area | < 0.01 | |||
Cities | 3340 (30.1%) | 205 (41.8%) | 225 (45.6%) | |
Medium-sized towns | 3872 (34.9%) | 196 (40.0%) | 201 (40.8%) | |
Small towns | 1768 (16.0%) | 54 (11.0%) | 39 (7.9%) | |
Rural | 2101 (19.0%) | 35 (7.1%) | 28 (5.7%) | |
Self-rated health status [1 “very good” to 5 “very poor”], mean (SD) | 2.2 (0.8) | 2.1 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.8) | 0.04 |
Presence of chronic diseases | 0.07 | |||
No | 5881 (53.1%) | 272 (55.5%) | 285 (57.8%) | |
Yes | 5200 (46.9%) | 218 (44.5%) | 208 (42.2%) | |
Utilization of cervical cancer screening | < 0.01 | |||
Yes (at least once in life time) | 6342 (57.2%) | 258 (52.7%) | 247 (50.1%) | |
No | 4739 (42.8%) | 232 (47.3%) | 246 (49.9%) | |