| |
Migrant spouse (%)
|
Comparative spouse (%)
|
Group difference (chi
2
, df, p-value)
|
|---|
|
Gender
|
18.64 (2), p = 0.001
|
|
Male
|
111 (28.8)
|
51 (13.2)
| |
|
Female
|
274 (71.2)
|
334 (86.8)
| |
|
Age
|
29.14 (1), p = 0.001
|
|
Spouse age (mean)
|
37.9 (0.49)
|
37.0 (0.39)
| |
|
18-30
|
54 (14.1)
|
77 (18.3)
| |
|
31-60
|
293 (76.3)
|
305 (72.4)
| |
|
above 61
|
37 (9.6)
|
39 (9.3)
| |
|
Ethnicity
|
0.86 (3), p = 0.461
|
|
Sinhala
|
286 (74.5)
|
301 (78.2)
| |
|
Tamil
|
27 (7.0)
|
23 (6.0)
| |
|
Muslim
|
61 (15.9)
|
56 (14.5)
| |
|
Other
|
10 (2.6)
|
5 (1.3)
| |
|
Education
|
22.55 (2), p = 0.001
|
|
No education
|
27 (7.0)
|
4 (1.0)
| |
|
Primary
|
95 (24.7)
|
46 (11.9)
| |
|
Secondary
|
263 (68.3)
|
335 (87.0)
| |
|
Civil status
|
9.00 (2), p = 0.001
|
|
Married
|
345 (89.6)
|
374 (97.1)
| |
|
Unmarried
|
7 (1.8)
|
2 (0.5)
| |
|
Divorced
|
33 (8.6)
|
9 (2.3)
| |
|
Employment
|
0.97 (1), p = 0.323
|
|
Non-employed
|
247 (64.2)
|
260 (67.5)
| |
|
Employed
|
138 (35.8)
|
125 (32.5)
| |
|
Family indebtedness
|
1.08 (2), p = 0.339
|
|
No (little or no debt)
|
214 (55.6)
|
229 (59.6)
| |
|
Yes (significant levels of debt)
|
171 (44.4)
|
155 (40.4)
| |
|
Area of residence
|
0.15 (1), p = 0.696
|
|
Rural
|
264 (68.6)
|
269 (69.9)
| |
|
Urban
|
121 (31.4)
|
116 (30.1)
| |
|
Employment type of labor migrant*
|
|
Labourer/domestic maid
|
249(65.5)
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Services
|
78(20.5)
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Technical
|
17(4.5)
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Professional/other
|
36(9.5)
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Return frequency of labor migrant
|
|
Every year
|
61(15.8)
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Every 2–5 years
|
110(28.6)
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Never returned/missing
|
214(55.6)
|
Not applicable
| |
|
In-bound remittance
| | | |
|
Every month
|
144(42.9)
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Every 2–6 months/more
|
192(57.1)
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Health-related factors
|
|
General health
| | |
9.97 (2), p = 0.001
|
|
Excellent
|
17 (4.4)
|
19 (5.0)
| |
|
Fair
|
319 (82.9)
|
349 (91.1)
| |
|
Poor
|
49 (12.7)
|
15 (3.9)
| |
|
Current illness
| | |
27.94 (1), p = 0.001
|
|
Current diagnosed illness
|
133 (34.7)
|
70 (18.2)
| |
|
No current illness
|
250 (65.3)
|
315(81.8)
| |
|
Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMD)
| |
|
Any CMD
|
74 (19.2)
|
35 (9.1)
|
16.56 (1), p = 0.001
|
|
Depression
|
65 (16.9)
|
30 (7.8)
| |
|
Somatoform disorder
|
22 (5.7)
|
12 (3.1)
| |
|
Anxiety
|
8 (2.1)
|
2 (0.5)
| |
- *The categories of migrant worker employment were classified according to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.
