Ishaq Bushra, Diaz Esperanza, Østby Lars
Centre for Medical Ethics, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway.
Scand J Public Health. 2025 May;53(3):242-249. doi: 10.1177/14034948231225561. Epub 2024 Mar 22.
The aim of this study is to report perceived discrimination among Muslims living in Norway and to address and compare associations between perceived discrimination and health among Muslims with an immigrant background and other-religious with an immigrant background.
A representative sample of individuals with an immigrant background in Norway was used in a cross-sectional study design that included 5484 respondents aged 16 to 74 years. The respondents were sub-grouped after religious affiliation, and as immigrants and Norwegian-born. This sample is from 'The Survey on living conditions among persons with an immigrant background 2016', conducted by Statistics Norway. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to investigate the relationship between perceived discrimination and self-rated health and between perceived discrimination and mental health problems.
Our findings show that Muslims with an immigrant background are more likely to report perceived discrimination than non-Muslims with an immigrant background. Perceived discrimination was associated with poor self-rated health and mental health problems among immigrant Muslims and Norwegian-born Muslims. Among other-religious with an immigrant background, perceived discrimination had an inverse relationship with mental health problems among immigrants, while an association between perceived discrimination and poor self-rated health was found among Norwegian-born.
Our findings suggest that perceived discrimination does play a role in health among minorities with an immigrant background in Norway, regardless of religion. However, the association between perceived discrimination and poor health seems to be stronger among Muslims, especially Norwegian-born Muslims.
本研究旨在报告挪威穆斯林群体中感知到的歧视情况，并探讨和比较有移民背景的穆斯林与有移民背景的其他宗教群体在感知到的歧视与健康之间的关联。
采用横断面研究设计，以挪威有移民背景的个人为代表性样本，纳入5484名年龄在16至74岁之间的受访者。受访者按宗教信仰分组，分为移民和挪威本土出生人群。该样本来自挪威统计局开展的“2016年有移民背景人群生活状况调查”。进行多因素逻辑回归分析，以研究感知到的歧视与自评健康之间以及感知到的歧视与心理健康问题之间的关系。
我们的研究结果表明，有移民背景的穆斯林比有移民背景的非穆斯林更有可能报告感知到的歧视。在有移民背景的穆斯林和挪威本土出生的穆斯林中，感知到的歧视与自评健康状况不佳和心理健康问题有关。在有移民背景的其他宗教群体中，感知到的歧视与移民的心理健康问题呈负相关，而在挪威本土出生的人群中，感知到的歧视与自评健康状况不佳有关。
我们的研究结果表明，在挪威有移民背景的少数群体中，无论宗教信仰如何，感知到的歧视确实对健康有影响。然而，感知到的歧视与健康不佳之间的关联在穆斯林中似乎更强，尤其是挪威本土出生的穆斯林。
