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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample by migrant category (% by migrant category) a

From: The relationship between motherhood and use of mental health care services among married migrant and non-migrant women: a national register study

 

Total sample

Migrants > 5 years in Norway at baseline

 

Non-migrants (N=52402)

Migrants, Western (N=14410)

Migrants, non-Western (N=23383)

Total sample

(N=90195)

Migrants, Western (N=6895)

Migrants, non-Western (N=13701)

Total with non-migrants (N=72998)

Mean (sd) years in study

3.82 (1.86)

2.93 (1.68)

3.21 (1.82)

3.52 (1.86)

4.16 (1.53)

4.24 (1.65)

3.93 (1.80)

Motherhood

   Non-mother

22137 (42.24%)

8882 (61.64%)

13835 (59.17)

44854 (49.73%)

3042 (46.99%)

6556 (47.85%)

31933 (43.75%)

   Mother, perinatal

10497 (20.03%)

2639 (18.31%)

4053 (17.33%)

17189 (19.06%)

1062 (15.40%)

2106 (15.37%)

13665 (18.72%)

   Mother, > perinatal

19768 (37.72%)

2889 (18.31%)

5495 (23.50%)

28152 (31.21%)

2593 (37.61%)

5039 (36.78%)

27400 (37.54%)

Used OPMH services

2717 (5.18%)

354 (2.61%)

794 (3.28%)

3864 (4.29%)

300 (4.35%)

619 (4.52%)

3636 (4.98%)

Age group

   18-24 years

3822 (7.29%)

421 (2.92%)

1583 (6.77%)

5826 (6.46%)

105 (1.52%)

796 (5.81%)

4723 (6.47%)

   25-29 years

14174 (27.05%)

3330 (23.11%)

6451 (27.59%)

23955 (36.56%)

1030 (14.95%)

3408 (24.87%)

18612 (25.50%)

   30-34 years

18641 (35.57%)

5162 (35.82%)

8021 (34.30%)

31824 (35.28%)

2766 (40.12%)

4779 (34.88%)

26186 (35.87%)

   35-40 years

15765 (30.08%)

5497 (38.15%)

7328 (31.34%)

28590 (31.70%)

2994 (43.42%)

4718 (34.44%)

23477 (32.16%)

Education

   <high school/unknown

4790 (9.14%)

4352 (30.20%)

10491 (44.87%)

19633 (21.77%)

1670 (24.22%)

5490 (40.07%)

11950 (16.37%)

   High school

11751 (22.42%)

2984 (20.71%)

3942 (16.86%)

18677 (20.71%)

1398 (20.28%)

2763 (20.17%)

15912 (21.80%)

   Higher

35861 (68.43%)

7074 (49.09%)

8950 (38.28%)

51885 (57.53%)

3827 (55.50%)

5448 (39.78%)

45136 (61.83%)

Employed/studying

   No

6731 (12.84%)

5237 (36.34%)

9875 (42.23%)

21843 (24.22%)

1768 (25.64%)

4238 (30.93%)

12737 (17.45%)

    Yes

45671 (87.16%)

9173 (63.66%)

13508 (57.77%)

68352 (75.78%)

5127 (74.36%)

9463 (69.07%)

60261 (82.55%)

Frequent primary care attendence

6524 (12.45%)

637 (4.42%)

1887 (8.07%)

9048 (10.03%)

433 (6.28%)

1418 (10.35%)

8375 (11.47%)

Mean (sd) age of becoming a mother

29.72 (4.05)

30.52 (3.88)

29.39 (4.44)

29.75 (4.13)

30.80 (3.77)

29.32 (4.38)

29.75 (4.10)

  1. a the last year of inclusion is used for the time-varying variables