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Table 1 Demographics of women in study by migrant status and region of origin

From: Outpatient mental healthcare service use among women with migrant background in Norway: a national register study

 

Majority women

Descendant women

All

Nordics

Western- Europe (etc)

EU Eastern Europe

Non-EU Eastern Europe

Middle East / North Africa

Rest of Africa

South Asia

East/ South East Asia

Total (N)

1,539,005

17,460

278,357

37,403

32,862

48,385

27,211

27,309

25,208

22,011

45,144

%

83.88%

0.95%

15.17%

2.04%

1.79%

2.64%

1.48%

1.49%

1.37%

1.20%

2.46%

% of migrants

14.09%

12.38%

18.22%

10.25%

10.28%

9.49%

8.29%

17.00%

Age (last year in study)

 Mean (sd)

43.33 (15.71)

24.89 (8.86)

37.95 (12.52)

39.88 (14.59)

40.85 (13.86)

35.42 (10.70)

38.79 (12.61)

37.23 (12.10)

34.24 (10.84)

39.20 (12.68)

37.92 (11.53)

 Median

44

22

36

38

39

33

37

36

33

38

36

 Low income at least once

320,500

7394

181,221

21,667

19,871

36,556

14,542

18,921

20,272

13,556

28,304

20.83%

42.35%

65.10%

57.93%

60.47%

75.55%

53.44%

69.28%

80.42%

61.59%

62.70%

 Low income throughout period in study

63,893

2052

75,897

10,016

9413

14,879

4703

7145

9610

5011

12,685

4.15%

11.75%

27.27%

26.78%

28.64%

30.75%

17.28%

26.16%

38.12%

22.77%

28.10%

Length of residency (last year in study)

 1–2 years

60,055

9072

7520

15,333

3445

2591

5419

2839

11,469

  

21.57%

24.25%

22.88%

31.69%

12.66%

9.49%

21.50%

12.90%

25.41%

 3–5 years

53,970

5558

6967

16,837

3336

3718

5066

2621

7775

  

19.39%

14.86%

21.20%

34.80%

12.26%

13.61%

20.10%

11.91%

17.22%

 6–10 years

50,803

4468

5751

8253

6011

4951

6083

3484

9118

  

18.25%

11.95%

17.50%

17.06%

22.09%

18.13%

24.13%

15.83%

20.20%

 11–15 years

38,920

4682

3455

3150

5585

7102

4521

3534

5081

  

13.98%

12.52%

10.51%

6.51%

20.52%

26.01%

17.93%

16.06%

11.26%

 16–20 years

23,850

3536

1870

1473

6570

2827

1757

2249

2818

  

8.57%

9.45%

5.69%

3.04%

24.14%

10.35%

6.97%

10.22%

6.24%

 21+ years

50,759

10,087

7299

3339

2264

6120

2362

7284

8883

  

18.24%

26.97%

22.21%

6.90%

8.32%

22.41%

9.37%

33.09%

19.68%