Comparative Migration Studies

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of categorical variables

From: Between here and there: comparing the worry about the pandemic between older Italian international migrants and natives in Switzerland

Variable	International migrants		Swiss natives
Variable	N	%	N	%
Gender
Female	217	42.30	304	42.46
Male	296	57.7	412	57.54
Health^a
Good	243	47.37	536	74.86
Average	229	44.64	154	21.51
Bad	41	7.99	26	3.63
Making ends meet^a
Easy	132	25.73	448	62.57
Average	227	44.25	232	32.40
Difficult	154	30.02	36	5.03
Education^a
Low	323	62.96	60	8.38
Medium	144	28.07	386	53.91
High	46	8.97	270	37.71
Having a partner
Yes	403	78.56	563	78.63
No	110	21.44	153	21.37
Having a child^a
Yes	494	96.30	603	84.22
No	19	3.70	113	15.78
Praying^a
Yes	307	59.84	310	43.30
No	206	40.16	406	56.70
Canton of residence^a
Zurich	97	18.91	219	30.59
Bern	50	9.75	195	27.23
Geneva	62	12.09	43	6.01
Vaud	81	15.79	120	16.76
Ticino	174	33.92	45	6.28
Aargau	49	9.55	94	13.13
Italian language
Yes	506	98.64	183	25.56
No	7	1.36	533	74.44
Transnationalism
Class 1	259	50.49
Class 2	31	6.04
Class 3	223	43.47

Source: TransAge Survey 2020
^aSignificant difference between international migrants and Swiss natives

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