Sustainable Earnings among Immigrants, and the Role of Health Status for Self-Sufficiency

A 10-Year Follow-Up Study of Labour Immigrants and Refugees to Sweden 2000–2006

Bibliographic Data

ID15515995
AuthorsMagnus Helgesson (0000-0002-7868-9712, Uppsala University, corresponding author), Maria Brendler‐lindqvist (0009-0001-4883-5571, Uppsala University), Maria Brendler-Lindqvist (Department of Medical Sciences, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Uppsala University, SE-752 37 Uppsala, Sweden), Bo Johansson (Uppsala University), Tobias Nordquist (Uppsala University Hospital), Martin Tondel (0000-0003-4469-2451, Uppsala University), Magnus Svartengren (0000-0002-8165-7236, Uppsala University)
Year2022
Volume20
Issue1
Pages663-663
Publication date2022-12-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20010663
PMID36612978
OpenAlexW4313362238
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited28

This study aimed to investigate economic self-sufficiency for immigrants, and how health status affected self-sufficiency. The proportion of self-sufficiency during years 1-10 after receiving a residence permit is presented for all non-European labour immigrants ( n = 1259) and refugees ( n = 23,859), aged 18-54, who immigrated to Sweden 2000-2006, and compared to a control group of Swedish-born ( n = 144,745). The risk of not being self-sufficient in year 10 was analysed with Cox regression models, and the results are presented as hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Moreover, the impact on the self-sufficiency of having a diagnosis from specialised health care during the first five years in Sweden was analysed. The results showed that half of the refugees and three-quarters of the labour immigrants were self-sufficient 10 years after residency. The adjusted risk of not being self-sufficient at year 10 was 80% higher among labour immigrants (HR = 1.8; CI = 1.6-2.0) and more than two-fold among refugees (HR = 2.7; CI = 2.6-2.8) compared to the Swedish-born. Having a diagnosis from specialised health care during the first five years in Sweden had an impact on self-sufficiency in all groups; however, the impact of having a diagnosis did not differ between refugees and Swedish-born. Measures must be taken to increase immigrants' work participation

Acculturation · Confidence interval · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Geography · Hazard ratio · Immigration · Refugee · Residence · Sociology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Gerontology