Are Self-rated Health, Native Finnish Friends and Having Children under School Age Associated with Employment?
In Western countries, entry into the labour market is difficult for humanitarian migrants, especially women. The aim of our study was to examine the association of health, native Finnish friends and having under school-age children with employment among humanitarian migrants. The data were drawn fr...
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doaj-a6b6cfe12e71480eb65629f5f3ee1a532021-01-12T14:08:44ZengPopulation Research Institute of VäestöliittoFinnish Yearbook of Population Research1796-61831796-61912021-01-015510.23979/fypr.95472Are Self-rated Health, Native Finnish Friends and Having Children under School Age Associated with Employment? Auli AirilaAri Väänänen0Minna Toivanen1Aki Koskinen2Natalia Skogberg3Anu Castaneda4Finnish Institute of Occupational HealthFinnish Institute of Occupational HealthFinnish Institute of Occupational HealthFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare In Western countries, entry into the labour market is difficult for humanitarian migrants, especially women. The aim of our study was to examine the association of health, native Finnish friends and having under school-age children with employment among humanitarian migrants. The data were drawn from the Finnish Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study. The sample comprised 479 migrants of Kurdish and Somali origin (men n=248; women n=231). We analysed the associations of self-rated health, having Finnish friends and under school age children with employment using multinomial regression modelling. After adjustment for several well-established determinants of employment, having Finnish friends and good health were robustly associated with employment among women. In the age-adjusted model, having 3–6 years old children was related to lower employment among women, but after all adjustments, the association became nonsignificant. All these associations were nonsignificant among male migrants. To conclude, good health and bridging social relations with natives play a role in strengthening employment opportunities among female humanitarian migrants. https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/95472employment [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p6357]health [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p2762]migrants [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p6165]social networks [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p408] |
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Auli Airila Ari Väänänen Minna Toivanen Aki Koskinen Natalia Skogberg Anu Castaneda Are Self-rated Health, Native Finnish Friends and Having Children under School Age Associated with Employment? Finnish Yearbook of Population Research employment [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p6357] health [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p2762] migrants [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p6165] social networks [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p408] |
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Auli Airila Ari Väänänen Minna Toivanen Aki Koskinen Natalia Skogberg Anu Castaneda |
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Are Self-rated Health, Native Finnish Friends and Having Children under School Age Associated with Employment? |
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Are Self-rated Health, Native Finnish Friends and Having Children under School Age Associated with Employment? |
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Are Self-rated Health, Native Finnish Friends and Having Children under School Age Associated with Employment? |
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Are Self-rated Health, Native Finnish Friends and Having Children under School Age Associated with Employment? |
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Are Self-rated Health, Native Finnish Friends and Having Children under School Age Associated with Employment? |
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are self-rated health, native finnish friends and having children under school age associated with employment? |
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Population Research Institute of Väestöliitto |
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Finnish Yearbook of Population Research |
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1796-6183 1796-6191 |
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In Western countries, entry into the labour market is difficult for humanitarian migrants, especially women. The aim of our study was to examine the association of health, native Finnish friends and having under school-age children with employment among humanitarian migrants.
The data were drawn from the Finnish Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study. The sample comprised 479 migrants of Kurdish and Somali origin (men n=248; women n=231). We analysed the associations of self-rated health, having Finnish friends and under school age children with employment using multinomial regression modelling.
After adjustment for several well-established determinants of employment, having Finnish friends and good health were robustly associated with employment among women. In the age-adjusted model, having 3–6 years old children was related to lower employment among women, but after all adjustments, the association became nonsignificant. All these associations were nonsignificant among male migrants.
To conclude, good health and bridging social relations with natives play a role in strengthening
employment opportunities among female humanitarian migrants.
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employment [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p6357] health [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p2762] migrants [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p6165] social networks [http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p408] |
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