Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by migrant background and region of origin
| Â | Total | Migrant background | Region of origin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Majoritya | Migrant | Nordics | Western Europe | EU Eastern Europe | Non-EU Eastern Europe | MENA | Sub-Saharan Africa | South Asia | E/SE Asia |
N of observations | 4Â 126Â 573 | 3Â 859 861 | 266Â 712 | 15Â 793 | 12Â 196 | 19Â 358 | 39Â 113 | 49Â 053 | 36Â 381 | 53Â 197 | 41Â 621 |
N (%) of individuals | 602Â 473 | 560Â 576 (93.0) | 41Â 897 (7.0) | 2480 (0.4) | 2243 (0.4) | 3512 (0.6) | 5676 (0.9) | 7673 (1.3) | 6086 (1.0) | 7836 (1.3) | 6391 (1.1) |
Years in study, mean (SD) | 6.8 (2.9) | 6.9 (2.9) | 6.4 (2.9) | 6.4 (3.0)b | 5.4 (2.9)b | 5.5 (2.8)b | 6.9 (2.9) ns | 6.4 (2.9)b | 6.0 (2.9)b | 6.8 (2.9)ns | 6.5 (2.9)b |
Age, mean (SD) | 27.4 (5.9) | 27.6 (5.9) | 24.3 (5.1) | 25.8 (5.9)b | 23.4 (5.4)b | 23.1 (5.2)b | 24.8 (4.9)b | 23.9 (4.7)b | 23.4 (4.8)b | 24.6 (4.9)b | 25.1 (5.6)b |
Mean age at marriage (SD) | 28.5 (3.8) | 28.7 (3.7) | 25.3 (3.9) | 28.7 (3.8) ns | 27.0 (4.5)b | 26.5 (4.3)b | 24.6 (3.7)b | 23.9 (3.7)b | 24.7 (3.8)b | 25.1 (3.4)b | 27.6 (3.5)b |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | b | b | b | b | b | b | b | b |
 Unmarried | 84.1 | 84.1 | 85.8 | 88.1 | 92.9 | 91.5 | 79.9 | 80.3 | 92.2 | 75.3 | 86.1 |
 Early | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 4.1 |
 On-time | 11.2 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 5.2 | 15.9 | 9.0 |
OPMH use | Â | Â | Â | ns | b | b | c | ns | b | b | b |
 Yes | 12.3 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 12.5 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 10.9 | 13.3 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 7.1 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | b | b | b | b | b | b | b | b |
 ≤ Compulsory | 25.8 | 24.6 | 41.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 48.1 | 37.0 | 45.9 | 53.9 | 35.8 | 39.8 |
 Upper-secondary | 32.7 | 33.0 | 27.7 | 27.1 | 25.6 | 23.3 | 30.6 | 28.7 | 22.6 | 20.9 | 28.5 |
 Tertiary | 40.7 | 42.0 | 23.7 | 30.5 | 22.9 | 19.8 | 30.0 | 20.2 | 13.0 | 28.9 | 26.2 |
 Unknown | 0.9 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 12.9 | 19.0 | 8.8 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
Motherhood | Â | Â | Â | b | b | b | b | b | b | b | b |
 Yes | 35.9 | 37.1 | 19.9 | 26.4 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 22.9 | 19.1 | 24.2 | 17.5 | 20.9 |
Parental education | Â | Â | Â | b | b | b | b | b | b | b | b |
 ≤ Compulsory | 59.7 | 9.1 | 16.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 9.5 | 26.1 | 10.6 | 27.2 | 21.7 |
 Upper-secondary | 46.6 | 48.7 | 19.0 | 13.7 | 10.4 | 18.5 | 28.2 | 18.2 | 12.7 | 23.5 | 18.0 |
 Tertiary | 38.9 | 40.1 | 22.3 | 32.7 | 34.5 | 22.1 | 28.0 | 23.2 | 14.2 | 22.8 | 15.0 |
 Unknown | 4.9 | 2.1 | 42.1 | 50.7 | 51.7 | 57.2 | 34.3 | 32.5 | 62.5 | 26.5 | 45.3 |
Cohort | Â | Â | Â | b | b | b | b | b | b | b | b |
 1972–1977 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 6.1 |
 1978–1982 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 8.3 | 14.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 11.3 |
 1983–1987 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 18.4 | 20.5 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 21.6 | 19.8 | 16.1 | 21.2 | 16.8 |
 1988–1992 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 29.3 | 27.6 | 26.0 | 20.6 | 34.1 | 32.3 | 27.0 | 31.4 | 27.6 |
 1993–1997 | 23.8 | 22.5 | 40.9 | 28.3 | 48.1 | 56.9 | 33.6 | 40.1 | 49.2 | 37.2 | 38.2 |