Health status of recently arrived asylum seekers in their host country: results of a cross-sectional observational study

Table 2 Univariate analysis

		Sick			Mental disorder			Somatic disease			Infectious disease			Non-infectious disease
		Yes	No	Test	Yes	No	Test	Yes	No	Test	Yes	No	Test	Yes	No	Test
Age (mean)		30.32	29.58	0.745	30.28	30.38	0.948	30.64	29.61	0.308	28.03	30.95	0.003	31.2	29.2	0.045*
Sex	Men	270	15	0.158	248	37	0.1	178	107	0.016*	61	224	0.344	148	137	0.002*
Sex	Women	130	3	0.158	123	10	0.1	99	34	0.016*	34	99	0.344	90	43	0.002*
Geographical Origin	Europe	47	2	0.969	44	5	0.022*	34	15	0.089	2	47	< 0.000*	34	15	0.097
	Middle east	44	2		39	7		28	18		3	43		27	19
	West Africa/Nigeria	152	7		147	12		117	42		67	92		92	67
	Rest of Africa	20	1		18	3		12	9		6	15		8	13
	Central Asia	57	4		46	15		33	28		7	54		29	32
	Maghreb	60	2		57	5		40	22		5	57		39	23
Asylum procedure	Regular	107	4	0.231	95	21	0.581	73	38	0.391	20	138	0.002*	64	47	0.947
	Dublin	191	10		180	16		138	63		63	91		112	89
	Accelerated	43	5		42	6		28	20		5	43		27	21
Marital status	Single	229	11	0.65	215	25	0.72	161	79	0.362	62	178	0.086	136	104	0.735
	Children	38	2		35	5		26	14		6	34		24	16
	spouse	54	1		48	7		39	16		16	39		32	24
	other	70	5		64	11		43	32		11	64		38	37
Accommodation	Public space	183	5	0.131	174	14	0.025*	132	56	0.138	50	138	0.092	110	78	0.591
Accommodation	other	216	13	0.131	196	33	0.025*	145	84	0.138	45	184	0.092	128	101	0.591
Study Level	never been to school	65	2	0.638	60	7	0.825	46	21	0.15	27	40	< 0.000*	34	33	0.092
	Lower than High school	237	11		217	31		164	84		56	40		141	107
	High school	48	4		46	6		28	24		5	192		26	26
	More than high school	39	2		38	3		31	10		5	36		30	11

ISSN: 1471-2458