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Table 4 Mean values (standard errors) of desire for social distance from someone with depression depending on respondents’ migration background and migration status in the depression vignette

From: Depression stigma and migration – results of a survey from Germany

Item

Non-migranta

(n = 644–708)

Migrant born in Germanya

(n = 58–62)

Migrant foreign borna

(n = 98–101)

Results of analyses of variance (F, partial η2, p)

Desire for Social Distance

Tenantb

 Non-migrant vignette

2.40 (0.05)

2.56 (0.18)

2.31 (0.14)

F(2,420) = 0.592, η2 = 0.003, p = 0.554

 Migrant vignette

2.48 (0.05)

2.15 (0.16)

2.51 (0.14)

F(2,452) = 2.145, η2 = 0.009, p = 0.118

Neighborb

 Non-migrant vignette

1.69 (0.04)

1.65 (0.14)

1.72 (0.11)

F(2,427) = 0.071, η2 = 0.000, p = 0.931

 Migrant vignette

1.67 (0.04)

1.71 (0.12)

1.93 (0.10)

F(2,462) = 2.943, η2 = 0.013, p = 0.054

Colleagueb

 Non-migrant vignette

1.67 (0.04)

1.43 (0.13)

1.68 (0.10)

F(2,429) = 1.650, η2 = 0.008, p = 0.193

 Migrant vignette

1.67 (0.04)

1.81 (0.13)

1.67 (0.10)

F(2,460) = 0.786, η2 = 0.003, p = 0.456

Childcareb

 Non-migrant vignette

3.05 (0.05)

2.78 (0.16)

3.08 (0.13)

F(2,420) = 1.321, η2 = 0.006, p = 0.268

 Migrant vignette

2.88 (0.05)

2.89 (0.14)

3.23 (0.13)d

F(2,448) = 3.897, η2 = 0.017, p = 0.021

In-lawb

 Non-migrant vignette

2.25 (0.05)

2.27 (0.16)

2.65 (0.13)d

F(2,403) = 4.284, η2 = 0.021, p = 0.014

 Migrant vignette

2.18 (0.05)

2.37 (0.14)

2.89 (0.13)d,e

F(2,426) = 13.316, η2 = 0.059, p < 0.001

Introduce a friendb

 Non-migrant vignette

2.14 (0.05)

2.17 (0.16)

2.20 (0.12)

F(2,421) = 0.105, η2 = 0.000, p = 0.900

 Migrant vignette

2.21 (0.05)

2.21 (0.15)

2.40 (0.13)

F(2,454) = 0.988, η2 = 0.004, p = 0.373

Job recommendationb

 Non-migrant vignette

2.59 (0.05)

2.54 (0.16)

2.56 (0.13)

F(2,407) = 0.049, η2 = 0.000, p = 0.952

 Migrant vignette

2.57 (0.05)

2.46 (0.14)

2.62 (0.13)

F(2,454) = 0.361, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.697

Desire for Social Distance Scalec

 Non-migrant vignette

15.75 (0.21)

15.39 (0.72)

16.24 (0.57)

F(2,214) = 0.487, η2 = 0.002, p = 0.615

 Migrant vignette

15.65 (0.20)

15.52 (0.62)

17.23 (0.54)d

F(2,462) = 3.979, η2 = 0.017, p = 0.019

  1. aMean values adjusted for gender, age and level of education; statistically significant results (p < 0.05) are italicized
  2. bDesire for Social Distance single items ranging from 1 ‘totally agree’ to 4 ‘totally disagree’
  3. cDesire for social distance scale comprised of 7 items, total score ranging from 7 to 28 (sum score)
  4. dsignificantly different from non-migrant
  5. esignificantly different from migrant born in Germany