Intermarriage and COVID-19 mortality among immigrants. A population-based cohort study from Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the role of language proficiency and institutional awareness in explaining excess COVID-19 mortality among immigrants.

Design

Cohort study with follow-up between 12 March 2020 and 23 February 2021.

Setting

Swedish register-based study on all residents in Sweden.

Participants

3 963 356 Swedish residents in co-residential unions who were 30 years of age or older and alive on 12 March 2020 and living in Sweden in December 2019.

Outcome measures

Cox regression models were conducted to assess the association between different constellations of immigrant-native couples (proxy for language proficiency and institutional awareness) and COVID-19 mortality and all other causes of deaths (2019 and 2020). Models were adjusted for relevant confo

SUBMITTER: Aradhya S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8413476 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature