Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample (values are numbers, with percentages given in parentheses)
From: Health-related quality of life and migration: A cross-sectional study on elderly Iranians in Sweden
Migration status | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iranians in Iran | Iranians in Sweden | Swedes | |||||||
Immigrated in 1989 or later | Immigrated in 1988 or before | ||||||||
Variable | Level | Men n = 147 | Women n = 151 | Men n = 27 | Women n = 70 | Men n = 29 | Women n = 50 | Men n = 49 | Women n = 102 |
Age | 60 – 69 years | 79 (54%) | 93 (62%) | 16 (60%) | 34 (49%) | 13 (45%) | 24 (48%) | 30 (61%) | 57 (56%) |
70 – 84 years | 68 (46%) | 58 (38%) | 11 (40%) | 36 (51%) | 16 (55%) | 26 (52%) | 19 (39%) | 45 (44%) | |
Mean age ± SD (years) | 68.9 ± 6.6 | 67.0 ± 5.9 | 69.3 ± 5.2 | 70.2 ± 7.2 | 70.2 ± 6.9 | 70.8 ± 7.7 | 67.9 ± 6.0 | 68.6 ± 6.9 | |
Education | > 9 years | 48 (33%) | 15 (10%) | 18 (66%) | 13 (19%) | 21 (72%) | 19 (38%) | 11 (22%) | 24 (24%) |
≤ 9 years | 99 (67%) | 136 (90%) | 9 (33%) | 57 (81%) | 8 (28%) | 31 (62%) | 38 (78%) | 75 (76%) | |