Table 6

Number (n) and percentage receiving disability benefit, association (odds ratio) with country of birth among attendees and all invited. The Oslo Health Study 2000–2001.
Country of birth *
 Attendees
 All invited

n
 %
 OR
 (95% CI)
 n
 %
 OR
 (95% CI)
Men







Age 40+45







     Norway
 58
 2.7
 Ref.
278
 4.9
 Ref.
     Western
 2
 1.4
 0.52
 (0.13–2.12)
 6
 1.3
 0.26
 (0.12–0.60)
     Non-western
 32
 6.0
 2.33
 (1.50–3.62)
 101
 7.1
 1.48
 (1.17–1.88)
Age 59–60







     Norway
 230
 12.8
 Ref.
601
 18.0
 Ref.
     Western
 12
 10.9
 0.83
 (0.45–1.54)
 25
 11.8
 0.61
 (0.40–0.94)
     Non-western
 57
 36.8
 3.96
 (2.77–5.64)
 141
 39.5
 2.97
 (2.36–3.74)
Women







Age 40+45







     Norway
 123
 4.4
 Ref.
340
 6.2
 Ref.
     Western
 6
 2.9
 0.65
 (0.28–1.49)
 14
 3.4
 0.53
 (0.31–0..91)
     Non-western
 27
 5.6
 1.31
 (0.85–2.01)
 73
 7.2
 1.18
 (0.91–1.53)
Age 59–60







     Norway
 431
 21.3
 Ref.
901
 25.7
 Ref.
     Western
 12
 9.2
 0.38
 (0.21–0.69)
 30
 13.5
 0.45
 (0.31–0.67)
     Non-western
 25
 22.7
 1.09
 (0.69–1.72)
 70
 23.9
 0.91
 (0.69–1.20)

* Adjusting for marital status, residential region and education gave similar results. Testing of interaction between attendance and country of birth in a logistic regression model including all men and women aged 40, 45, 59 and 60 years, and age and sex as covariates in addition to attendance and country of birth, gave p = 0.003.

Søgaard et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2004 3:3   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-3-3