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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population

From: Births and induced abortions among women of Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin, and the general population in Finland –comparison of self-reported and register data

 

General population (n = 630) %, 95 CI

Russian (n = 341) %, 95 CI

Somali (n = 176) %, 95 CI

Kurdish (n = 228) %, 95 CI

Marital status

 Unmarried/divorced/widow

39.1 (35.2–43.1)

43.6 (37.8–49.6)

32.3 (25.5–39.9)

33.7 (28.0–39.8)

 Married/civil union

60.9 (56.9–64.8)

56.4 (50.4–62.2)

67.7 (60.1–74.5)

66.3 (60.2–72.0)

Education

 No formal education

0.0 (NA)

0.0 (NA)

35.3 (28.4–43.0)

19.4 (15.1–24.7)

 Primary

27.7 (24.1–31.5)

15.5 (11.7–20.3)***

49.3 (41.4–57.3) ***

39.3 (33.5–45.5) ***

 Secondary/higher

72.3 (68.5–75.9)

84.5 (97.7–88.3) ***

15.4 (10.6–21.8) ***

41.2 (35.4–47.3) ***

Employment status

 Working

83.7 (80.4–86.6)

65.8 (60.2–71.0) ***

37.3 (30.3–44.9) ***

56.2 (50.2–62.1) ***

 Others

16.3 (13.4–19.6)

34.2 (29.0–39.8) ***

62.7 (55.1–69.7) ***

43.8 (37.9–49.8) ***

Moved to Finland (age yrs)

 ≤18 yrs

 

38.4 (32.8–44.4)

46.2 (38.1–54.5)

41.4(34.9–48.2)

 >18 yrs

 

61.6 (55.6–67.2)

53.8 (45.5–61.9)

58.6 (51.8–65.1)

Time lived in Finland

 ≤5 yrs

 

23.0 (18.4–28.5)

20.6 (15.5–26.7)

16.6 (12.7–21.3)

 6–14 yrs

 

37.6 (32.1–43.4)

38.9 (31.5–46.8)

56.0 (49.9–61.9)

 ≥15 yrs

 

39.4 (33.7–45.4)

40.6 (33.2–48.4)

27.5 (22.4–33.2)

  1. Survey data:
  2. Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study and the Health 2011 Survey
  3. Statistically significant differences compared to the Finnish reference group (Satterthwaite adjusted F-statistic):
  4. *p-value < 0.05
  5. **p-value < 0.01
  6. ***p-value < 0.001
  7. Age-adjusted
  8. NA = Confidence interval not available