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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the total sample

From: Mental health among immigrants in Germany – the impact of self-attribution and attribution by others as an immigrant

 

German natives

N = 2069 (89.3%)

Immigrants

N = 248 (10.7%)

χ2

Age

64.36***

M / SD

50.6 / 17.6

41.2 / 14.6

 14–34 years

467 (22.6%)

92 (37.1%)

 35–60 years

943 (45.6%)

135 (54.4%)

 ab 61 years

659 (31.9%)

21 (8.5%)

Sex

0.39

 Male

958 (46.3%)

120 (48.4%)

 Female

1111 (53.7%)

128 (51.6%)

Marital status

23.97***

 Married

988 (47.7%)

104 (41.9%)

 Single

581 (28.1%)

92 (37.1%)

 Divorced

286 (13.8%)

45 (18.1%)

 Widowed

207 (10.0%)

7 (2.8%)

 Missing

7 (0.3%)

Partnership

1.23

 Yes

1174 (56.7%)

131 (52.8%)

 No

879 (42.5%)

114 (46.0%)

 Missing

16 (0.8%)

3 (1.2%)

Education

3.571

 A-level

450 (21.7%)

67 (27.0%)

 Non A-level

1612 (77.9%)

180 (72.6%)

 Missing

7 (0.3%)

1 (0.4%)

Employment status

24.25***

 Employed

1958 (94.6%)

217 (87.5%)

 Unemployed

95 (4.6%)

30 (12.1%)

 Missing

16 (0.8%)

1 (0.4%)

Household income

2.39

 < 750 Euro

64 (3.1%)

10 (4.0%)

 750–1250 Euro

272 (13.1%)

31 (12.5%)

 1250–2000 Euro

451 (21.8%)

61 (24.6%)

 > 2000 Euro

1206 (58.3%)

132 (53.2%)

 Missing

76 (3.7%)

14 (5.6%)

Area of residence

9.04**

 Rural area

268 (13.0%)

18 (7.3%)

 Small city

200 (9.7%)

18 (7.3%)

 Metropolis

1.601 (77.4%)

212 (85.5%)

PTSD

0.23

 Yes

102 (4.9%)

14 (5.6%)

 No

1945 (94.0%)

232 (93.5%)

 Missing

22 (1.1%)

2 (0.8%)

Anxiety

2.70

 Yes

148 (7.2%)

25 (10.1%)

 No

1915 (92.6%)

223 (89.9%)

 Missing

6 (0.3%)

Depression

0.35

 Yes

146 (7.1%)

20 (8.1%)

 No

1911 (92.4%)

226 (91.1%)

 Missing

12 (0.6%)

2 (0.8%)

  1. ***p < .001; **p < .01; 1p = .059