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Table 2 Indicators of mobility in the migrant groups and the general Finnish populationc (%)

From: The ethnic gap in mobility: a comparison of Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin migrants and the general Finnish population

 

Men

Women

 

Russian

Somali

Kurdish

Finnish

Russian

Somali

Kurdish

Finnish

 

%c

(n)d

%c

(n)d

%c

(n)d

%c

(n)d

%c

(n)d

%c

(n)d

%c

(n)d

%c

(n)d

Prevalence of difficulties

 walking 500 m

4.1

(4)

3.7

(4)

21.3***

(35)

1.7

(6)

4.4

(10)

14.4***

(18)

35.4***

(53)

3.4

(18)

 carrying 5 kg for 100 m

0.0

(0)

7.0

(7)

19.9***

(32)

2.8

(13)

8.4

(24)

20.7**

(31)

48.1***

(73)

9.2

(48)

 climbing several flights of stairs

5.3

(8)

12.7**

(13)

29.1***

(46)

4.7

(27)

15.5

(41)

45.8***

(64)

55.4***

(87)

11.7

(68)

 running 100 m

12.5

(16)

14.8

(16)

33.0***

(51)

8.7

(37)

19.8

(51)

46.1***

(69)

54.2***

(83)

15.7

(89)

Mobility limitationa

6.5

(9)

14.8**

(14)

31.7***

(51)

5.4

(30)

16.7

(44)

46.1***

(65)

57.0***

(90)

12.0

(69)

Poor performance in chair stand testb

32.2***

(39)

66.5***

(53)

60.0***

(100)

16.7

(89)

29.6***

(71)

72.5***

(105)

54.9***

(80)

14.5

(81)

  1. *p-value < 0.05; **p-value < 0.01; ***p-value < 0.001 (difference compared to the Finnish reference group, Satterthwaite adjusted F-statistic)
  2. aSelf-reported difficulties in walking 500 m or stair climbing
  3. bIncluding chair stand test times belonging to the lowest tertile (men time > 22.2 s and women > 24.7 s) and those unable to rise 10 times from the chair
  4. cAge-adjusted and weighted prevalence
  5. dCrude n