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Table 3 Available registry information of migrant indicators and socio-economic status by EU country

From: Registry data for cross-country comparisons of migrants' healthcare utilization in the EU: a survey study of availability and content

Country

Availability of migrant indicator

Socioeconomic status

Limitations of data

 

Country of birth

Mother's country of birth

Father's country of birth

Citizenship

Mother's citizenship

Father's citizenship

  

Austria

   

D

  

Age, sex (D)

 

Belgium

   

D

  

Age, sex (D)

Citizenship: only options are

Belgium, EU, the rest of the

world

Denmark

L

L

L

L

L

L

Age, sex and all

major socio-

economic indicators

(L)

Information on

mothers'/fathers' citizenship

and country of birth is only

available if the mother/father

is or has been resident in

Denmark

Finland

L

  

L

  

Age, sex and all

major socio-

economic indicators

(L)

 

Greece

L

     

Age, sex and all

major socio-

economic indicators

(L)

 

Italy

D

  

D

L*

L*

Age, sex, marital

status, and for some

regions education

(the latter not for

Sias) (D)

Country of birth is problematic

variable as many ethnic Italians

are born in e.g. South America

and Africa. Citizenship data are

not of high quality in all regions

(not collected correctly due to

coding issues)

Luxembourg

   

D

  

Age, sex (D)

 

Netherlands

L

L

L

L

L

L

Age, sex and all

major socio-

economic indicators

(L)

Missing discharges cannot

persons individually be linked

to and are not evenly

distributed among migrant

groups

Poland

   

L

  

Age, sex (L)

 

Slovenia

   

D

  

Age, sex and all

major socio-

economic indicators

(D)

Data on citizenship are not

realistic before 2006

Sweden

L

L

L

L

L

L

Age, sex and all

major socio-

economic indicators

(L)

Population registries of

residents include a considerable

number of foreign-born that

have their main residence

outside of Sweden. The

magnitude of this problem is

not well defined.

  1. D = Directly available in the Registry
  2. L = Available by linkage
  3. * For persons born after 1990