Table 1.

Background characteristics, reported childhood violence and mental health in the Sami and non-Sami population.

		Women (n=6003)					Men (n=4787)
	Sami (n=1195)	%	Non-Sami (n=4808)	%	p-valuea	Sami (n=921)	%	Non-Sami (n=3866)	%	p-valuea
Age					< 0.001					.965
18–34	306	25.6	993	20.7		150	16.3	616	15.9
35–49	366	30.6	1690	35.1		274	29.8	1158	30.0
50–69	523	43.8	2125	44.2		497	54.0	2092	54.1
Education					< 0.001					.141
Primary school	124	10.4	557	11.7		176	19.3	650	17.0
High school	216	18.0	1215	25.2		280	30.7	1180	30.8
College/university	308	25.7	1284	26.7		214	23.5	1022	26.7
University	534	44.6	1723	35.8		242	26.5	982	25.6
Income					< 0.001					< 0.001
Low	187	15.6	612	12.7		157	17.0	482	12.5
Medium	504	42.2	1766	36.7		341	37.0	1366	35.3
High	460	38.5	2306	48.0		403	43.8	1945	50.3
Laestadianism					< 0.001					< 0.001
Yes	498	41.7	791	16.5		386	41.9	625	16.2
No	697	58.3	4017	83.5		535	58.1	3241	83.8
Living area					< 0.001					< 0.001
Sami minority	454	38.0	4268	88.8		370	40.2	3447	89.8
Sami majority	740	62.0	539	11.2		551	59.8	417	10.8
Childhood Violence
Emotional	250	20.9	606	12.6	< 0.001	193	21.0	472	12.2	< 0.001
Physical	141	11.8	460	9.6	.021	126	13.7	278	7.2	< 0.001
Sexual	204	17.1	566	11.8	< 0.001	46	5.0	140	3.6	.053
Total	374	31.3	1038	21.6	< 0.001	261	28.3	624	16.6	< 0.001
Mental health
Psychological distressb	189	15.8	623	13.0	.010	105	11.4	308	8.0	.001
Symptoms of PTSc	194	16.2	598	12.4	.001	112	12.2	353	9.1	.005

^a Comparing Sami and non-Sami by Pearson chi-squared, level of significance p<0.05. ^b Psychological distress last 4 weeks: 10-item version of the Hopkins Symptoms Check list (HSCL-10). ^c Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS) last 12 months: the NorVold abuse questionnaire (NORAQ).