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Table 1 Demographic, economic, social, health and migration-related characteristics of the tree samples

From: The well-being of newly regularized migrant workers: Determinants of their satisfaction with life as compared to undocumented migrant workers and regular local residents

 

Undocumented

N = 231

Regularized

N = 195

Regular local residents

N = 175

p-value

n(%) or mean (SD)

n(%) or mean (SD)

n(%) or mean (SD)

Women

170 (73.6)

142 (72.8)

94 (53.7)

< 0.001

Age

43.0 (10.2)

45.5 (9.9)

46.9 (10.6)

< 0.001

Education

   

< 0.001

 Primary

51 (22.1)

43 (22.1)

9 (5.1)

 

 Secondary

123 (53.2)

108 (55.4)

57 (32.6)

 

 Tertiary

57 (24.7)

44 (22.6)

109 (62.3)

 

Employed

204 (88.3)

189 (96.9)

156 (89.1)

0.003

Yearly household income equivalised, OECD, net (CHF)

23′112 (14′261)

33′789 (12′669)

83′199 (38′986)

< 0.001

Number of persons per room in the accommodation

1.9 (1.1)

1.6 (0.9)

0.8 (0.4)

< 0.001

In couple

102 (44.2)

102 (52.3)

147 (84)

< 0.001

Have children

148 (64.1)

130 (66.7)

132 (75.4)

0.044

Participation in association, club

165 (71.4)

156 (80.0)

60 (34.3)

< 0.001

Self-reported health (excellent and very good)

65 (28.1)

88 (45.3)

152 (86.9)

< 0.001

Years in Geneva

9.9 (5.0)

13.9 (4.7)

< 0.001

Already returned to the country of origin

99 (42.9)

125 (64.1)

< 0.001

Sending remittances

157 (68.0)

132 (67.7)

0.952

Experienced discrimination because of the origin

89 (38.5)

50 (25.6)

0.005

  1. Data sources: Parchemins study and Swiss Household Panel (SHP)