Table 1

Sociodemographic variables of lay people aged 16 – 82 (n = 1,168) responding to an internet survey about a serious influenza epidemic



Sample
Norwegian population

Agea

15 – 29
21 %
23 %

30 – 44
28 %
28 %

45 – 59
29 %
25 %

60 +
22 %
23 %
Proportion femalea
45 %
51 %
Proportion living aloneb
16 %
16 %
Years of Educationa

0 – 10
14 %
21 %

11 – 13
53 %
55 %

14 +
33 %
24 %
Region of Recidencea

Central
51 %
50 %

Southern/western
31 %
31 %

Middle/northern
18 %
19 %
Source of incomec

Work
61 %
64 %

Pension (old age)
15 %
7 %

National Insurance
7 %
10 %

Other
17 %
19 %
Household incomea (€1.00 = NOK8.00)


€67,150
€57,188d

a) Compared to the Norwegian population aged 15+

b) Compared to the entire Norwegian population

c) Compared to the Norwegian population aged 16 – 74

d) Average household income in 2003 according to Statistics Norway

Kristiansen et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:48   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-48