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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by migrant background

From: The association between persistent low parental income during preschool age and mental disorder in adolescence and early adulthood: a Norwegian register-based study of migrants and non-migrants

 

Total

Migrant background

Region of origin

  

Majority

Migrants

Non-EU Eastern Europe

Middle East/ North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Asia

East/South East Asia

Western countries

N (%)

577,072

550,108 (95.3)

26,964 (4.7)

3,497 (0.6)

6,148 (1.1)

2,607 (0.5)

8,261 (1.4)

4,119 (0.7)

2,332 (0.4)

% of migrants

  

13.0

22.8

9.7

30.6

15.3

8.6

Age

   

a

a

a

ns

a

a

Mean (SD) 1

20.0 (2.9)

20.0 (2.9)

19.8 (2.8)

19.8 (2.7)

19.5 (2.8)

19.3 (2.7)

19.9 (2.9)

20.2 (2.9)

19.6 (2.9)

Gender2

   

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

Man

51.4

51.4

51.2

51.1

51.6

50.9

50.7

51.7

51.8

Woman

48.6

48.6

48.8

48.9

48.4

49.1

49.3

48.3

48.2

OPMH 3 service use 2

  

a

a

a

a

a

b

Yes

15.4

15.7

9.2

8.0

11.7

8.0

7.7

8.0

12.9

PLI 4 at age 3–5 2

 

a

a

a

a

a

a

Yes

6.8

5.5

32.4

38.7

44.2

25.6

30.3

25.9

18.2

PLI 4 at age 6–8 2

 

a

a

a

a

a

a

Yes

6.3

5.2

29.1

24.6

42.7

25.9

29.5

21.0

16.4

PLI 4 at age 9–11 2

 

a

a

a

a

a

a

Yes

6.5

5.3

30.4

21.4

44.5

31.8

31.9

21.5

16.1

PLI 4 at age 12–14 2

 

a

a

a

a

a

a

Yes

6.8

5.6

32.8

23.6

48.3

37.5

32.7

23.9

15.9

Parental education 2

  

a

a

a

a

a

a

Compulsory or lower

7.8

6.8

29.1

14.1

37.5

22.8

36.3

31.9

6.0

Upper-secondary

44.0

44.4

35.5

47.4

30.2

39.4

34.4

40.8

22.4

Tertiary

40.1

48.8

33.1

36.6

29.2

36.2

26.7

26.4

69.5

Unknown

0.1

0.0

2.2

1.9

3.0

1.7

2.7

0.9

2.1

  1. 1Measured last year observed in the study; 2%; 3 OPMH – outpatient mental healthcare; 4 PLI—persistent low parental income; P-values: a < 0.001; b < 0.01; c < 0.05; ns non-significant