The health of young Swedish Sami with special reference to mental health

Figures & data

Table I. Health state (%) in 18–28 year-old Sami in Sweden (n = 220 men and 295 women)

	Primary response alternatives						Merged response alternatives
	Almost always	Mighty often	Often^a/quite often^b	Seldom^a/sometimes^b	Very seldom^a/mighty seldom^b	Not at all^a/almost never^b	Gender specific		Whole group
							Often-T^c	Seldom-T^d	Often-T^c	Seldom-T^d
Feel healthy
Men	72.3		25.5^a	1.8^a		0.5^a	97.7	2.3	95.3	4.7
Women	63.3		30.3^a	5.4^a		1.0^a	93.5	6.5
Sleep well
Men	65.5		30.0^a	3.6^a	0.9^a		95.5	4.5	90.7	9.3
Women	61.4		25.8^a	11.2^a	1.7^a		87.1	12.9
Headaches
Men		0.5	4.1^b	20.0^b		75.5^b	4.5	95.5	9.5	90.5
Women		4.4	8.8^b	37.3^b		49.5^b	13.2	86.8
Sad and depressed
Men		0.5	9.5^a	49.5^a	40.5^a		10.0	90.0	17.9	82.1
Women		2.7	21.1^a	60.9^a	15.3^a		23.8	76.2
Good mood
Men		34.5	60.0^a	4.5^a	0.9^a		94.6	5.4	91.8	8.2
Women		38.8	51.0^a	8.5^a	1.7^a		89.8	10.2
Calm and relaxed
Men		40.0	47.3^a	12.7^a	0.0^a		87.3	12.7	80.8	19.2
Women		22.0	53.9^a	21.0^a	3.1^a		75.9	24.1
Worrying
Men		4.5	25.5^a	48.6^a	21.4^b		30.0	70.0	43.4	56.6
Women		12.9	40.5^a	40.5^a	6.1^b		53.4	46.6
Look forward with joy
Men		41.4	52.7^b	5.9^a		0.3^b	94.1	5.9	93.2	6.8
Women		49.8	42.7^b	7.1^a		0.2^b	92.5	7.5
Irritated
Men	1.4		12.7^a	65.5^b		20.5^b	14.0	86.0	16.5	83.5
Women	1.4		16.9^a	68.8^b		12.9^b	18.3	81.7
Forgetting things
Men		12.7	26.8^b	42.7^a	17.7^b		39.8	60.2	44.7	55.3
Women		11.6	36.7^b	35.7^a	16.0^b		48.3	51.7
Enough time for doing needed things
Men		11.8	49.5^b	28.2^a	10.5^a		61.1	38.9	59.5	40.5
Women		13.2	45.1^b	32.5^a	9.2^a		58.3	41.7

^cOften total: responses merged for almost always/mighty often/quite often/often.

^dSeldom total: responses merged for not at all/almost never/mighty seldom/very seldom/seldom/sometimes.

Table II. Health by gender and family situation in 18–28 year-old Sami in Sweden (gender available for 515, family situation for 507)

	Healthy often/almost always		Sleeping well often/almost always		Headache quite often/mighty often		Sad/depressed often/mighty often		Calm/relaxed often/Mighty often		Worried often/mighty often
	%	OR (95% CI)	%	OR (95% CI)	%	OR (95% CI)	%	OR (95% CI)	%	OR (95% CI)	%	OR (95% CI)
Gender
Men	97.7	1	95.5	1	4.5	1	10.0	1	87.3	1	30.0	1
Women	93.5	0.33 (0.12–0.91)*	87.1	0.32 (0.16–0.66)**	13.2	3.21 (1.57–6.60)**	23.8	2.83 (1.69–4.73)***	75.9	0.46 (0.28–0.74)***	53.4	2.67 (1.85–3.87)***
Family situation
Alone	91.6	1	84.0	1	5.9	1	25.2	1	71.4	1	52.9	1
With others	96.4	2.45 (1.06–5.67)*	93.3	2.65 (1.41–4.99)**	10.8	1.94 (0.85–4.43)	15.2	0.53 (0.32–0.88)*	83.3	1.99 (1.23–3.21)**	40.3	0.60 (0.40–0.91)*

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.

Table III. Association between health and perceived bad treatment due to Sami ethnicity in 18–28 old Sami in Sweden (n=491)

	Calm/relaxed often-T		Irritated often-T		Enough time often-T		Worrying often-T		Sad/depressed often-T
	uOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	uOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	uOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	uOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	uOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)
Bad treatment by others
No	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Yes	0.42 (0.27–0.66)***	0.45 (0.27–0.74)**	1.77 (1.10–2.84)*	1.51 (0.90–2.57)	0.67 (0.47–0.96)*	0.77 (0.52–1.15)	2.04 (1.42–2.99)***	2.00 (1.33–3.01)**	1.23 (0.78–1.93)	0.89 (0.52–1.50)
Bad treatment by teacher
No	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Yes	0.62 (0.40–0.99)*	0.90 (0.54–1.52)	1.61 (0.99–2.63)	1.36 (0.79–2.34)	0.60 (0.41–0.88)**	0.68 (0.44–1.05)	1.67 (1.13–2.45)**	1.31 (0.84–2.04)	1.79 (1.12–2.87)*	1.74 (1.01–2.99)*

Often T: responses merged for almost always/mighty often/quite often/often, uOR, unadjusted Odds ratio; aOR, odds ratio adjusted for gender, family situation, enculturation level and occupation; CI, confidence interval.

*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.