Abstract Mental health status is fundamental to overall health and well-being but most studies on the relationship between migration and mental health status deal with international migration and neglects internal migration. Therefore, this study compares the mental health status of internal migrants with that of non-migrants; and also appraises the socio-demographic factors associated with mental health status in South Africa. Data were from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), waves 3 (2012), and 4 (2014) of South Africa. Univariate analysis was used to describe the study population, bivariate analysis was use to explain the mental health status of the population, and binary logistic regression was used analyze the socio-demographic factors associated with mental health status. The study found significant differences in the mental health status of migrants and non-migrants across the waves of NIDS used for this study. While, the migrants had better mental health status in 2012, the non-migrants had better mental health status in 2014. In addition, factors significantly associated with mental health status in 2012, were marital status, income, and province of residence. On the other hand, only race, and province of residence were significantly associated with mental health status in 2014.

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内部迁移对南非心理健康状况的影响

摘要心理健康状况是整体健康和福祉的基础，但有关移民与心理健康状况之间关系的大多数研究都涉及国际移民，而忽略了内部移民。因此，本研究比较了内部移民和非移民的心理健康状况。并且还评估了与南非心理健康状况相关的社会人口统计学因素。数据来自《国家收入动态研究》（NIDS），南非的第3波（2012）和第4波（2014）。单因素分析用于描述研究人群，双变量分析用于解释人群的心理健康状况，二元逻辑回归用于分析与心理健康状况相关的社会人口统计学因素。该研究发现，在本研究使用的NIDS浪潮中，移民和非移民的心理健康状况存在显着差异。虽然移民在2012年的心理健康状况较好，但非移民在2014年的心理健康状况较好。此外，2012年与心理健康状况显着相关的因素包括婚姻状况，收入和居住省份。另一方面，2014年只有种族和居住省份与心理健康状况显着相关。