Indigenous Sámi and Kven minority children in Norway were during the 20th century placed at boarding schools to hasten their adoption of the Norwegian majority language and culture. This is the first population-based study examining health, well-being and disability pension rates among these children. Data stem from two epidemiological studies conducted in 2003/04 (SAMINOR 1) and 2012 (SAMINOR 2) by the Centre for Sami Health Research. The SAMINOR 1 study included N = 13,974 residents (50.1% women, M_age = 52.9 years) and n = 2,125 boarding participants (49.6% women, M_age = 56.2 years). The SAMINOR 2 part included N = 10,512 residents (55.5% women, M_age = 47.6 years) and n = 1246 boarding participants (48.7% women, M_age = 54.1 years). Main outcome measures are mental and general health, well-being and disability pension linearly regressed upon the predictors. We observed minor differences between boarding and non-boarding participants that generally disfavored the former, of which many disappeared after covariate adjustment. Boarding school participants reported more discrimination, violence, unhealthier lifestyle behavior (smoking), less education and household income compared to non-boarding participants. The exceptionally long timeframe between boarding school and the current outcome measures (40–50 years) is a likely reason for the weak associations. The study supports the international literature on health inequalities and highlights the risk of ill health following boarding school placement of indigenous or minority children. On a positive note, participants reporting stronger ethnic belonging (strong Sámi identity) were well protected, and even functioned better in terms of lower disability rates than majority Norwegians.

在20世纪，挪威的土著Sámi和Kven少数民族儿童被安置在寄宿学校，以加快他们对挪威多数语言和文化的接受。这是第一项基于人群的研究，研究了这些儿童的健康，福祉和残疾退休金率。数据来自萨米卫生研究中心在2003/04年（SAMINOR 1）和2012年（SAMINOR 2）进行的两项流行病学研究。SAMINOR 1研究包括N  = 13,974名居民（50.1％的女性，M_年龄 = 52.9岁）和n  = 2,125名登机参与者（49.6％的女性，M_年龄 = 56.2岁）。SAMINOR 2部分包括N  = 10,512名居民（55.5％的女性，M_年龄） = 47.6岁）和n  = 1246登机参与者（女性，_年龄为48.7％，M_年龄） = 54.1年）。主要结果指标是心理和总体健康状况，幸福感和残疾养恤金，线性地回归到预测变量上。我们观察到登机与非登机参与者之间的细微差别通常不利于前者，在协变量调整后，其中许多消失了。与非寄宿学生相比，寄宿学校参与者报告了更多的歧视，暴力，不健康的生活方式（吸烟），受教育程度和家庭收入较低。寄宿制学校与目前的成果评估之间的时间间隔非常长（40-50年），这可能是结社薄弱的原因。该研究支持有关健康不平等问题的国际文献，并着重介绍了寄宿土著或少数民族儿童入学后健康状况不佳的风险。积极的一面