Table 4.
Correlation coefficients (Pearson correlation) and Phi coefficients between all study variables (gender, age group, marital status, place of birth, level of education, employment status, personality [extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, intellect/imagination, neuroticism] and health)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gender (a) | 1 | 0.01 | 0.05** | −0.03 | 0.00 | −0.08** | 0.04* | 0.24** | 0.07** | −0.06** | 0.22** | −20** |
| 2. | Age group (b) | 1 | 0.42** | −0.01 | 0.35** | −0.13** | −0.02 | −0.03* | 0.11** | −0.07** | −0.03* | 0.10** | |
| 3. | Marital status (c) | 1 | −0.07** | 0.38** | 0.07** | 0.05** | 0.02 | 0.13** | −0.07** | −0.04* | 0.08** | ||
| 4. | Place of birth (d) | 1 | −0.05** | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.07** | 0.01 | −0.01 | −0.11** | 0.00 | |||
| 5. | Level of education (e) | 1 | 0.13** | 0.03 | 0.06** | 0.11** | 0.04* | 0.08** | 0.05** | ||||
| 6. | Employment status (f) | 1 | 0.07** | 0.04* | 0.06** | 0.03 | −0.11** | 0.08** | |||||
| 7. | Extraversion | 1 | 0.24** | 0.10** | 0.17** | −0.11** | 0.10** | ||||||
| 8. | Agreeableness | 1 | 0.14** | 0.14** | −0.05** | −0.01 | |||||||
| 9. | Conscientiousness | 1 | 0.01 | −0.10** | 0.15** | ||||||||
| 10. | Intellect/Imagination | 1 | −0.07** | −0.02 | |||||||||
| 11. | Neuroticism | 1 | −0.31** | ||||||||||
| 12. | Psychosomatic health | 1 |
*p < .05. **p < .01
(a) 1 = Female, 2 = Male
(b) 1 = 51–74 years, 2 = 31–50 years, 3 = 16–30 years
(c) 1 = Living with a partner, 2 = Not living with a partner
(d) 1 = Norway, 2 = Europe, North America or Oceania 3 = Africa, Asia or South/Middle America
(e) 1 = Higher education, 2 = Vocational education, 3 = Elementary school or high school
(f) 1 = Working (full time or part time) or student, 2 = Not working