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01.10.2011 | Original Article

Subjective health complaints among boys and girls in the Swedish HBSC study: focussing on parental foreign background

verfasst von: Heidi Carlerby, Eija Viitasara, Anders Knutsson, Katja Gillander Gådin

Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 5/2011

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Abstract

Objective

The general aim of this study was to explore the associations between foreign extraction and subjective health complaints (SHC) among school-aged children in Sweden.

Methods

Data were obtained from the global cross-sectional survey Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), 1997/1998, 2001/2002, and 2005/2006. A total of 11,972 pupils in grades 5, 7 and 9 participated in the survey. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate remaining risk of SHC among the subgroups of pupils. The analyses were adjusted for socio-demographic indicators, grade and measurement year.

Results

Parental background: Swedish n = 9,585, mixed n = 1,263, and foreign n = 1,124. The results showed an increased risk of SHC among girls with a foreign background OR 1.27 (95% CI 1.04–1.55) compared with girls with a Swedish background and among girls in single-adult households OR 1.42 (95% CI 1.20–1.67) compared with girls in two-adult households. No such differences were shown among boys.

Conclusions

A significantly increased risk of ill health remained in girls of foreign background after adjustment for socio-demographic indicators, grade and measurement year.

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Titel: Subjective health complaints among boys and girls in the Swedish HBSC study: focussing on parental foreign background
verfasst von: Heidi Carlerby
Eija Viitasara
Anders Knutsson
Katja Gillander Gådin
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2011
Verlag: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe 5/2011
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Elektronische ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-011-0246-8

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Subjective health complaints among boys and girls in the Swedish HBSC study: focussing on parental foreign background

Abstract

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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