Table 1.
A comparison of the demographic characteristics found in the general Norwegian population and in the study sample
| Characteristics | General population | Study sample | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | |
| Gendera | ||||
| Female | 1 829 454 | 50.5 | 1 612 | 50.5 |
| Male | 1 866 317 | 49.5 | 1 578 | 49.5 |
| Total | 3 695 771 | 100 | 3 190 | 100 |
| Countyb | ||||
| Oslo-Akershus | 981 000 | 22 | 779 | 24.4 |
| Hedmark-Oppland | 368 000 | 8.2 | 267 | 8.4 |
| Sør-Østlandet | 869 000 | 19.4 | 571 | 17.9 |
| Agder- Rogaland | 633 000 | 14 | 427 | 13.4 |
| Vestlandet | 784 000 | 17.5 | 571 | 17.9 |
| Trøndelag | 391 000 | 8.7 | 281 | 8.8 |
| Nord-Norge | 459 000 | 10.2 | 294 | 9.2 |
| Total | 4 485 000 | 100 | 3 190 | 100 |
| Ethnicitya | ||||
| Non-immigrants | 4 025 000 | 89.7 | 2 950 | 92.5 |
| Immigrants | 460 000 | 10.3 | 227 | 7.1 |
| Total | 4 485 000 | 100 | 3 177 | 99.7 |
| Occupational status in 2005c | ||||
| Employed/self-employed | 1 607 000 | 83.2 | 2430 | 76.2 |
| Unemployed | 67 000 | 4 | 40 | 1.3 |
| Outside labour force | d | d | 699 | 21.9 |
| Total | 1 674 000 | 87.2 | 3169 | 99.3 |
a) The figures for the general population are from 2009 (source: Statistics Norway, databank)
b) The figures for the general population are from 2001 (Source: Statistics Norway, Population and housing census 2001 [56]
c) The figures for occupational status are confined to people 25-54 years of age for both the general population and the study sample. The source for the general population is Statistics Norway databank and refers to 2005. The source for the study population is administrative data from 2005 provided by Statistics Norway.
d) No directly comparable info.