Table I.

Five Sámi and 2 non-Sámi populations aged 36–79 years as of 2003–2004 in 17 municipalities in Norway north of the Arctic Circle – defined according to different but partially overlapping Sámi inclusion/exclusion criteria^*

	n	%
Geographically based Sámi populations
G0) Resident in the study area (17 municipalities)	14,797	100.0
G1) Resident in the Language Area (8 municipalities)	5,677	38.4
Individual-based Sámi populations
I1) Sámi linguistic connection objective criterion#	5,249	35.5
I2) Self-identification as Sámi=subjective criterion	3,112	21.0
I3) Sámi as active language	2,614	17.7
Non-Sámi populations – geographically and individual-based
N0) Resident in the study area – no reported Sámi inclusion criteria, cf. G0	9,409	63.9
N1) Resident in the Language Area – no reported Sámi inclusion criteria, cf. G1	2,220	39.1

^*Assignment to I1–I3 and N0–N1 is based on self-reported data. Due to missing values 60 participants were included neither in I1–I3 nor in N1–N2. Percentages for these populations take into account the missing values.

^#The criterion for enrolment in the Sámediggi electoral roll applies to 4 generations, our data cover 3.