The distribution of background factors by ethnicity in immigrants, percentages. Test of differences by logistic regression, adjusted for sex and age. Figures in italics show significances between groups (1–5) (n=1980)
| Variable | Iranian (1) | Chilean (2) | Turkish (3) | Kurdish (4) | Polish (5) | Significance (p<0.05) | ||||||||
| Number | 293 | 571 | 351 | 191 | 568 | |||||||||
| Mean age (y) | 38 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 42 | |||||||||
| % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||
| Migrated because of political/religious instability or war | 80.8 | 79.4 | 34.8 | 68.5 | 34.6 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 4–5 | ||
| Previous psychiatric illness | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1–5 | 2–5 | |||||||
| Family members or friends in Sweden | 13.7 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–5 | ||||||
| Housing (renting) | 74.4 | 76.9 | 82.1 | 80.7 | 49.8 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 1–3 | ||||
| As many or more immigrants than Swedes in residential area | 32.1 | 39.2 | 50.4 | 48.2 | 25.0 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 |
| Discrimination in Sweden | 35.8 | 15.4 | 12.5 | 23.9 | 12.1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–5 | ||
| Need of psychological counselling, but not sought | 13.3 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–5 | |||
| Desire to leave Sweden | 23.9 | 24.9 | 15.1 | 32.0 | 6.9 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–3 | ||