Longitudinal panel data study of self-rated health among migrants in French-speaking Switzerland, 2003-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Studies have documented poorer health among migrants than natives of several European countries, but little is known for Switzerland. We assessed the association between country of birth, socioeconomic factors and self-reported health (SRH) in a prospective cohort of adults living in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Methods

We used the data from the Colaus panel data study for three periods: 2003-2006 (n=6733), 2009-2012 (n=5064) and 2014-2017 (n=4555) corresponding to 35% of the source population. The response variable was SRH. Main explanatory variables were socioeconomic status, educational level, professional status, income, gender, age and years in Switzerland. The main covariate was country of birth, dichotomised as born in Switzerland or not. We specified random ef

SUBMITTER: Mota P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430401 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature