Mental disorder and first-time marriage formation among non-Western migrant women: A national register study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Studies show that there is a mental health selection into marriage among the general population. This study explored the association between mental disorder and marriage formation among non-Western migrant women living in Norway, and whether the association varied with region of origin, income, education and having a dependent child.

Methods

Using linked national register data, we followed 49,329 non-Western never married migrant women aged 18-60 living in Norway between 2006 and 2014. As a proxy for mental disorders, we investigated whether outpatient mental health service use was associated with marital formation using discrete time logistic regression analyses.

Result

Overall, outpatient mental health service use was associated with lower odds of marital fo

SUBMITTER: Straiton M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8760389 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature