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Table 2 Sociodemographic and health characteristics of unemployed DEGS1 participants, stratified by migration background (nā€‰=ā€‰1170)

From: Higher chronic stress and less satisfaction with GP communication in migrants with unemployment experience: data from the representative German DEGS1 and the GPCare-1 study

Missingā€‰=ā€‰15

Individuals with migration background (Nā€‰=ā€‰248)

Natives (nā€‰=ā€‰907)

p-value

Na

%a

95% CI

Na

%a

95% CI

Individuals who have experienced unemployment in the past five years

248

31.6

27.6ā€“36.0

907

68.4

64.0ā€“72.4

<ā€‰0.01

Sociodemographic

ā€ƒAge, mean (SD)

36.89 (12.56)

Ā 

35.20ā€“38.58

40.72 (12.56)

Ā 

39.73ā€“41.71

<ā€‰0.01

ā€ƒGender (female)

120

43.3

35.1ā€“51.9

444

45.8

41.9ā€“49.8

n.s.

ā€ƒSocioeconomic status

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

n.s.

ā€ƒā€ƒ- Low

82

34.7

28.0ā€“42.2

229

27.6

23.9ā€“31.8

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒ- Medium

133

55.3

47.8ā€“62.6

534

57.8

53.4ā€“62.0

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒ- High

33

9.9

6.1ā€“15.8

144

14.6

11.6ā€“18.2

Ā 

ā€ƒNumber of underage individuals, mean (SD)

0.75 (1.071)

Ā 

0.58ā€“0.92

0.44 (0.797)

Ā 

0.37ā€“0.52

<ā€‰0.01

ā€ƒEducation

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

<ā€‰0.01

ā€ƒā€ƒ- Low

66

31.9

25.6ā€“39.0

90

13.6

10.7ā€“17.2

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒ- Medium

114

47.8

40.4ā€“55.4

604

67.4

62.9ā€“71.5

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒ- High

68

20.2

15.0ā€“26.8

213

19.0

15.8ā€“22.7

Ā 

Unemployment

ā€ƒCurrently unemployed

64

27.1

20.5ā€“34.8

248

28.6

24.8ā€“32.6

n.s.

ā€ƒMonths unemployed in the past 5ā€‰years mean (standard deviation)

15.76 (17.88)

Ā 

12.95ā€“18.57

16.51 (17.36)

Ā 

14.93ā€“18.08

n.s.

Social conditions

ā€ƒMain breadwinner

111

48.0

40.3ā€“55.7

475

53.3

49.0ā€“57.5

n.s.

ā€ƒSocial support mean (standard deviation)

10.23 (2.11)

Ā 

9.89ā€“10.57

10.47 (2.06)

Ā 

10.30ā€“10.64

n.s.

ā€ƒSocial support categorical

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

n.s.

ā€ƒā€ƒ- Low

43

18.5

13.1ā€“25.5

137

16.4

13.4ā€“19.9

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒ- Medium

133

53.9

45.9ā€“61.8

456

50.5

46.6ā€“54.3

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒ- High

71

27.5

21.2ā€“35.0

308

33.1

29.6ā€“36.8

Ā 

Health outcomes

ā€ƒChronic stress mean (standard deviation)

14.32 (9.36)

Ā 

12.73ā€“15.91

13.13 (8.38)

Ā 

12.45ā€“13.81

0.02

ā€ƒChronic stress categorical

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

n.s.

ā€ƒā€ƒ- Below to average

109

42.4

34.9ā€“50.3

432

45.9

41.8ā€“50.1

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒ- Above average

96

37.2

29.7ā€“45.4

353

40.0

35.7ā€“44.4

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒ- High

39

20.4

14.2ā€“28.3

115

14.1

11.5ā€“17.1

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒAt least one chronic disease

66

21.7

16.5ā€“28.1

258

30.2

26.2ā€“34.5

0.03

ā€ƒā€ƒHas a GP

216

83.6

77.1ā€“88.5

822

90.0

86.7ā€“92.6

0.02

ā€ƒā€ƒNumber of GP visits in last year, mean, SD

3.67 (6.35)

Ā 

2.56ā€“4.78

3.32 (4.38)

Ā 

2.87ā€“3.77

n.s.

  1. an or percent unless noted otherwise