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Table 3 Self-reported citizenship/immigration status

From: Impact on and use of health services by international migrants: questionnaire survey of inner city London A&E attenders

Citizenship/immigration status

Total sample n (%)

Overseas born n (%)

Overall

1611 (100%)

720 (100%)

UK/Republic of Ireland citizen

967 (59.8)

209 (29.0)

Work permit

176 (10.9)

176 (24.4)

EU citizen

161 (10.0)

155 (21.5)

Student visa

58 (3.6)

56 (7.8)

Tourist

35 (2.2)

34 (4.7)

Other*

34 (2.1)

33 (4.6)

Refugee and/or asylum seeker

21 (1.3)

21 (2.9)

Claiming citizenship

20 (1.2)

19 (2.6)

Business trip

8 (0.5)

7 (1.0)

No response

121 (7.5)

10 (1.4)

  1. *6 of 34 patients who circled this category noted on the survey sheets that they were in the UK on ancestral visas or a permanent resident.