Descriptive characteristics of the sample by migrant status
| Sample used in the Cox regression (part 1) | Sample used in the multinomial logistic regression (part 2) | ||||
| Migrant | Finnish-born | Migrant | Finnish-born | P value* | |
| n | 185 256 | 183 412 | 1516 | 7258 | |
| Sex (female) (%) | 90 694 (49.0) | 89 248 (48.7) | 1063 (70.3) | 5377 (74.1) | 0.003 |
| Age (%) | 0.188 | ||||
| 15–29 | 57 133 (30.8) | 56 371 (30.7) | 697 (46.1) | 3513 (48.4) | |
| 30–44 | 72 450 (39.1) | 71 576 (39.0) | 652 (43.1) | 3041 (41.9) | |
| 45 or more | 55 673 (30.1) | 55 465 (30.2) | 163 (10.8) | 703 (9.7) | |
| SES (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| Entrepreneurs and farmers | 11 449 (6.2) | 10 162 (5.5) | 73 (4.8) | 245 (3.4) | |
| Upper white-collar workers | 18 861 (10.2) | 34 932 (19.0) | 355 (23.5) | 1905 (26.3) | |
| Lower white-collar workers | 25 035 (13.5) | 52 918 (28.9) | 400 (26.5) | 2480 (34.2) | |
| Blue collar workers | 47 005 (25.4) | 35 006 (19.1) | 199 (13.2) | 682 (9.4) | |
| Not in employment | 60 425 (32.6) | 44 843 (24.4) | 399 (26.4) | 1711 (23.6) | |
| Unknown | 22 481 (12.1) | 5551 (3.0) | 86 (5.7) | 234 (3.2) | |
| Number of visits (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| 0–19 | 158 (10.4) | 420 (5.8) | |||
| 20–40 | 236 (15.6) | 947 (13.0) | |||
| 41–120 | 720 (47.5) | 3327 (45.8) | |||
| 121 or more | 402 (26.5) | 2564 (35.3) | |||
| Region of origin (%) | |||||
| Western | 58 220 (32.1) | 839 (57.3) | |||
| Eastern | 56 034 (30.9) | 418 (28.6) | |||
| Middle East and North Africa | 22 972 (12.7) | 103 (7.0) | |||
| Sub Saharan Africa | 16 025 (8.8) | 37 (2.5) | |||
| Asia | 28 169 (15.5) | 67 (4.6) | |||
| Length of residence, years (%) | |||||
| <5 | 64 673 (38.5) | 381 (27.1) | |||
| 5–15 | 62 977 (37.5) | 537 (38.1) | |||
| >15 | 40 491 (24.1) | 490 (34.8) | |||
Bold typeface indicates statistical significance.
*Refers to the significance of differences in descriptive characteristics between migrants and Finnish-born among the psychotherapy recipients.
SES, socioeconomic status.