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Table 3 Linear regression estimates* (β, CI95%) for factors influencing psychological distress (GHQ-12 score) among adults aged 15–65 since 1997

From: Mental health among people with a migration background in Belgium over the past 20 years: how has the situation evolved?

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

(Data from 2013 to 2018)

Model 4

(Data from 2013 to 2018)

Ethnicity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SES (age, sex, education)

No

Yes

No

Yes

Parents’ country of birth

No

No

Yes

Yes

Ethnicity (Ref = Belgian)

        

Morocco

0.10

(-0.24;0.44)

-0.06

(-0.45;0.33)

0.50

(0.12;0.88)

0.06

(-0.39;0.51)

Turkey

-0.26

(-0.91;0.39)

-0.26

(-0.97;0.46)

0.39

(-0.18;0.97)

-0.14

(-0.79;0.51)

EU country

0.10

(-0.09;0.29)

0.05

(-0.17;0.27)

-0.20

(-0.44;0.03)

-0.28

(-0.57;0.01)

Non-Eu country

0.21

(-0.13;0.55)

0.13

(-0.28;0.53)

-0.31

(-0.60;-0.01)

-0.55

(-0.90;-0.19)

Mother’s country of birth (Ref = Belgium) for 2018 (Ref = 2013)

        

EU country

    

0.02

(-0.30;0.34)

-0.01

(-0.40;0.37)

Non-EU country

    

0.84

(0.30;1.37)

1.38

(0.71;2.05)

Father’s country of birth (Ref = Belgium)

        

EU country

    

0.07

( -0.25;0.39)

0.12

(-0.26;0.50)

Non-EU country

    

-0.12

( -0.65;0.41)

-0.31

(-0.96 ;0.34)

  1. *Controlled for years