Statistics over Adoptees
in Sweden
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The following study has
been compiled by the Swedish national board of health and welfare and
Statistics Sweden on behalf of Nordic Film & TV and Swedish Television.
Publication is allowed if
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© Nordic Film & TV
2002
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Study 1, Socioeconomic factors as of 1999 (no
adjustment)
A1 = Adoptees born outside Europe (birth years
1960-79): 16 352 individuals (62% female, 73% born in Asia)
C1 = Immigrants born outside Europe, non-adopted
(birth years 1960-79): 19 705 individuals (49,8%
female, 82,9% born in Asia)
A2 = Adoptees born in Sweden (birth years
1960-79): 25 552 individuals
C2 = Ethnic Swedes or the majority population,
non-adopted (birth years 1960-79): 1 028 745 individuals
OR =odds ratio
%=cumulated incidence
AF = adoption factor
EF = ethnic factor
GF = gender factor
Lower compulsory education
Senior level school leasing certificate missing for two subjects or
more: A1 2,1% (C1 11,6%), A2 0,5% (C2 0,5%)
Higher voluntary education
College or university education: A1 24,5% (K1
17,9%), A2 24,1% (K2
31,7%)
Commentary: Adoptees born outside Europe have
more often a college or university education than immigrants born outside
Europe, while both adoptees born outside Europe and
in Sweden have less often a college or university education than the majority
population (1,3 OR), explained by AF.
Big city: A1 25,2% (K1 32,3%), A2
17,3% (K2 18,5%)
Commentary: Both adoptees and
immigrants born outside Europe tend to settle more often in big cities than adoptees born in Sweden and the majority population,
explained by EF.
Civil status
Married + divorced: A1 9,9%+2%=11,9% (K1
22,4%+3%=25,4%), A2 32%+8,5%=40,5% (K2 24,4%+3,4%=27,8%)
Commentary: Adoptees born outside Europe are less often married or divorced
than both immigrants born outside Europe (2,1 OR), adoptees born in Sweden (3,4 OR) and the majority
population (2,3 OR). On the other hand are adoptees
born in Sweden more often married (1,3 OR) or divorced (2,5 OR) than the majority population.
The first may be explained by EF (problems to find a spouse), and the second by
AF (relation problems).
Occupation
Gainfully employed: A1 60,2% (K1 42%), A2 77,6%
(K2 77,1%)
Commentary: Adoptees born outside Europe have more often an employment than
immigrants born outside Europe (1,4 OR), but less often than both adoptees born in Sweden and the majority population (1,3 OR),
explained by EF.
Income
0-79 999 SEK: A1 50% (K1 69,1%), A2 27,4% (K2 28,6%)
80 000-199 999 SEK: A1 35,4% (K1 23,1%), A2
36,7% (K2 35,6%)
200 000-319 999 SEK: A1 12,9% (K1 6,9%), A2
29,4% (K2 29,2%)
320 000 SEK-: A1 1,7% (K1 0,9%), A2 6,5% (K2 6,6%)
Commentary: Adoptees born outside Europe have more often higher incomes than
immigrants born outside Europe, but less often than both adoptees born in Sweden and the majority population,
explained by EF.
Allowance
Housing allowance: A1 14,7% (K1 39,8%), A2
13,4% (K2 9,6%)
Social allowance: A1 11,6% (K1 39,2%), A2 7,9%
(K2 5%)
Unemployment benefit: A1 22,9% (K1 17%), A2
20,2% (K2 17,4%)
Commentary: Adoptees born outside Europe have less often allowance than
immigrants born outside Europe, while both adoptees born outside Europe and in Sweden have more often allowance than the
majority population, explained by AF.
Study 2, Epidemiological factors as between
1987-99 (no adjustment)
A1 = Adoptees born outside Europe (age 5-39): 17
172 individuals
C1 = Immigrants born outside Europe, non-adopted
(age 10-39): 11 400 individuals
A2 = Adoptees born in Sweden (age 10-44): 25
661 individuals
C2 = The majority population
or the majority population, non-adopted (age 5-44): 1 033 199 745 individuals
OR =odds ratio
%=cumulated incidence
OR = overrepresentation
AF = adoption factor
EF = ethnic factor
GF = gender factor
Institutional care for
addiction
Alcohol addiction: A1 292 individuals=1,7% (K1 72=0,6%), A2 339=1,3% (K2 7466=0,7%)
Drug addiction: A1 112=0,7% (K1 84=0,7%), A2
206=0,8% (K2 3141=0,3%)
Commentary: Adoptees born outside Europe are more often institutionalised
for alcohol addiction than both immigrants born outside Europe (2,8 OR), adoptees born in Sweden (2,4 OR) and the majority
population (1,3 OR), explained by the double effect of AF and EF for the first
group.
Adoptees born outside Europe are institutionalised for
drug addiction as often as both immigrants born outside Europe and adoptees born in Sweden, but more often than the majority population
(2,2 OR), explained by both AF and EF.
Female adoptees born outside Europe are more often institutionalised
for both alcohol (3,6 OR) and drug addiction (3,1 OR)
than females of the majority population, explained by the triple effect of GF,
AF and EF.
Institutional care for psychiatric
illness
Psychosis:
A1 133=0,8% (K1 57=0,5%), A2 201=0,8% (K2 5201=0,5%)
Neurosis: A1 97=0,6% (K1 35=0,3%), A2 150=0,6%
(K2 2927=0,3%)
Commentary: Both adoptees born outside Europe and in Sweden are more often institutionalised
for psychosis than immigrants born outside Europe (1,6 OR) and the
majority population (1,5 OR). Female adoptees born
outside Europe are more often institutionalised
for psychosis than male adoptees born outside Europe (1% versus 0,5%
= 2 OR).
Both adoptees born outside Europe and in Sweden are more often institutionalised
for neurosis than immigrants born outside Europe (2 OR) and the majority population (2 OR).
Female adoptees born outside Europe are more often institutionalised
for neurosis than male adoptees born outside Europe (0,9%
versus 0,3% = 3 OR).
Female adoptees born outside Europe are more often institutionalised
for both psychosis (2,3 OR) and neurosis (2,7 OR) than
females of the majority population, explained by the triple effect of GF, AF
and EF.
Suicide
Institutional care for suicide attempt: A1 519=3% (K1 249=2,2%), A2 438=1,7% (K2 8588=0,8%)
Death because of suicide: A1
56=0,3%, A2 82=0,3% (K2 1222=0,1%)
Commentary:
Adoptees born outside Europe are more often institutionalised
for suicide attempt than both immigrants born outside Europe (1,4 OR), adoptees born in Sweden (1,8 OR) and the majority
population (3,6 OR) as is also adoptees born in Sweden compared to the last group (2,1
OR). This is explained by the double effect of AF and EF for the first group
and AF for the second. Female adoptees born outside Europe are more often institutionalised
for suicide attempt than male adoptees born outside Europe (4,7%
versus 1,4% = 3,4 OR), explained by GF.
Both adoptees born outside Europe and in Sweden have more deaths because of suicide
than the majority population (2,8 OR).
Female adoptees born outside Europe are both more often
institutionalised for suicide attempt (4,6 OR) and
have more deaths because of suicide (4,5 OR) than females of the majority
population, explained by the triple effect of GF, AF and EF.
Suicide in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden. A comparative study
By Anders Hjern and Peter Allebeck
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