Immigration, perceived discrimination and mental health: evidence from Venezuelan population living in Peru

Table 2 Characteristics of Venezuelan immigrants by mental health condition

Characteristics	Non-reported mental health problems			Reported mental health problems
Characteristics	Sample size	Percentage^a	95% CI	Sample size	Percentage^a	95% CI	p-value
Perceived discrimination
No	4080	62.39	[59.76,64.95]	152	39.88	[31.86,48.48]	p < 0.001
Yes	2379	37.61	[35.05,40.24]	195	60.12	[51.52,68.14]	p < 0.001
Sex
Female	2687	41.50	[39.74,43.29]	196	59.93	[51.55,67.76]	p < 0.001
Male	3772	58.50	[56.71,60.26]	151	40.07	[32.24,48.45]
Age groups
14–26	2402	38.07	[35.89,40.30]	137	38.86	[32.85,45.24]	0.542
27–33	2021	30.19	[28.37,32.09]	96	26.78	[20.77,33.79]
34–78	2036	31.73	[29.63,33.92]	114	34.35	[28.84,40.32]
Marital status
Other	2740	42.53	[40.24,44.85]	166	47.85	[40.99,54.79]	0.147
Married or living with partner	3719	57.47	[55.15,59.76]	181	52.15	[45.21,59.01]	0.147
Educational level
Basic	983	14.68	[12.79,16.79]	49	16.85	[12.29,22.65]	0.665
Secondary	2769	43.45	[41.01,45.93]	144	40.65	[32.10,49.80]
Tertiary	2707	41.87	[39.55,44.22]	154	42.51	[34.72,50.69]
Minimum wage
< minimum wage	2441	32.56	[30.32,34.88]	124	31.95	[26.13,38.40]	0.859
> minimum wage	4018	67.44	[65.12,69.68]	223	68.05	[61.60,73.87]	0.859
Time living in Peru
6 months	2359	30.95	[28.70,33.29]	100	30.24	[22.47,39.34]	0.640
6–12 months	2802	44.61	[42.26,46.99]	167	48.05	[40.67,55.52]
+ 12 months	1298	24.44	[22.04,27.00]	80	21.70	[16.25,28.36]
Perceived social support
No	6282	98.61	[98.06,99.00]	340	98.75	[96.73,99.53]	0.833
Yes	177	1.39	[1.00,1.94]	7	1.25	[0.47,3.27]	0.833
Socio-economic status
lower	643	12.47	[8.68,17.61]	16	3.74	[1.74,7.86]	0.054
middle	2872	54.76	[48.48,60.89]	163	63.87	[49.96,75.79]
higher	2944	32.77	[27.38,38.65]	168	32.39	[20.98,46.35]

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