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Table 1 Socio-demographic variables of the study population

From: The relationship between social support and self-reported health status in immigrants: an adjusted analysis in the Madrid Cross Sectional Study

 

Immigrant population (n = 612)

Spanish population (n = 903)

p-value

Age (SDa)

34.5 (9.5)

37.1 (11.3)

<0.01

Sex

   

   Women

74.0%

72.0%

0.38

   Men

26.0%

28.0%

 

Marital status

   

   Single

36.1%

41.5%

0.09

   Married

53.8%

50.1%

 

   Divorced

8.7%

6.5%

 

   Widow

1.4%

1.9%

 

Educational level

   

   No studies

1.1%

0.4%

< 0.01

   Primary school

7.5%

10.6%

 

   High school

61.1%

43.6%

 

   Qualified

15.9%

25.8%

 

   Bachelor degree

14.4%

19.6%

 

Occupational status

   

   Manager

1.5%

12.8%

< 0.01

   Administrative/Self employer

12.1%

33.0%

 

   Manual worker

65.0%

27.2%

 

   Unemployed

21.4%

27.0%

 

Monthly incomes

   

   > 1000 €

11.4%

3.0%

<0.01

   500-1000 €

51.7%

19.5%

 

   < 500 €

36.9%

77.5%

 
  1. a Standard deviation