Distribution and confounder adjusted associations of characteristics of parental emigration and hospital presentation for self-poisoning in adulthood
| N(%) | OR 95% CI* | ||
| Cases | Controls | ||
| No. of complete cases (% complete) | 214 (71.8) | 421 (84.2) | |
| Age at first migration (years) | |||
| No migration | 178 (83.2) | 364 (86.5) | 1 |
| ≤5 | 14 (6.5) | 23 (5.5) | 1.15 (0.56 to 2.37) |
| >5 | 22 (10.3) | 34 (8.1) | 1.16 (0.64 to 2.11) |
| Number of times migrated | |||
| No migration | 1 | ||
| 1 | 16 (44.4) | 28 (49.1) | 1.09 (0.56 to 2.14) |
| >1 | 20 (55.6) | 29 (50.9) | 1.21 (0.64 to 2.28) |
| Type of migration | |||
| No migration | 178 (83.2) | 364 (86.5) | 1 |
| Low-waged | 31 (14.5) | 43 (10.2) | 1.31 (0.77 to 2.22) |
| non-low waged/mixed | 5 (2.3) | 14 (3.3) | 0.69 (0.23 to 2.05) |
| Remittances sent back to | |||
| No migration | 178 (83.2) | 364 (86.5) | 1 |
| Father | 32 (15.0) | 54 (12.8) | 1.07 (0.65 to 1.78) |
| Mixture of recipients | 4 (1.9) | 3 (0.7) | 2.57 (0.55 to 12.11) |
| Contact with migrant parent | |||
| No migration | 178 (83.2) | 364 (86.5) | 1 |
| Never/<once a month | 10 (4.7) | 12 (2.9) | 1.62 (0.66 to 3.98) |
| More than once a month | 26 (12.1) | 45 (10.7) | 1.03 (0.60 to 1.79) |
*Adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, religion, childhood socioeconomic position. Each exposure variable (emigration characteristic) is modelled separately.