Table 3.
Differences in person mean values of psychosomatic symptoms on non-transformed scales among 15 years old students between four Nordic countries in 1994
| Denmark | Finland | Norway | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set A It 8 5 cat |
Set B It 8 3 cat |
Set C It 7 5 cat |
Set D It 7 3 cat |
Set A It 8 5 cat |
Set B It 8 3 cat |
Set C It 7 5 cat |
Set D It 7 3 cat |
Set A It 8 5 cat |
Set B It 8 3 cat |
Set C It 7 5 cat |
Set D It 7 3 cat |
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| Finland | Girls | −0.29 (− 0.35 to − 0.23) |
− 0.35 (− 0.43 to − 0.26) |
−0.32 (− 0.38 to − 0.26) |
−0.37 (− 0.46 to − 0.29) |
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| Boys | −0.33 (− 0.40 to − 0.27) |
−0.42 (− 0.52 to − 0.34) |
− 0.29 (− 0.36 to − 0.23) |
−0.37 (− 0.46 to − 0.29) |
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| Norway | Girls | 0.10 (0.03 to 0.16) |
0.06 (− 0.03 to 0.15) |
0.06 (0.00 to 0.12) |
0.02 (− 0.07 to 0.11) |
0.35 (0.28 to 0.41) |
0.37 (0.28 to 0.45) |
0.34 (0.28 to 0.40) |
0.36 (0.27 to 0.44) |
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| Boys | 0.14 (0.07 to 0.20) |
0.12 (0.03 to 0.20) |
0.17 (0.10 to 0.23) |
0.15 (0.07 to 0.23) |
0.43 (0.36 to 0.50) |
0.49 (0.41 to 0.59) |
0.42 (0.36 to 0.49) |
0.48 (0.40 to 0.58) |
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| Sweden | Girls | −0.39 (− 0.46 to − 0.32) |
− 0.44 (− 0.54 to − 0.35) |
− 0.42 (− 0.49 to − 0.36) |
−0.47 (− 0.57 to − 0.38) |
−0.11 (− 0.18 to − 0.05) |
−0.11 (− 0.21 to − 0.02) |
−0.13 (− 0.19 to − 0.07) |
−0.11 (− 0.21 to − 0.03) |
−0.43 (− 0.50 to − 0.36) |
−0.45 (− 0.55 to − 0.36) |
−0.44 (− 0.51 to − 0.37) |
−0.44 (− 0.54 to − 0.35) |
| Boys | −0.37 (− 0.44 to − 0.31) |
−0.39 (− 0.49 to − 0.31) |
−0.35 (− 0.41 to − 0.29) |
−0.38 (− 0.47 to − 0.30) |
−0.03 (− 0.10 to 0.04) |
0.02 (− 0.07 to 0.12) |
−0.05 (− 0.12 to 0.01) |
−0.01 (− 0.10 to 0.09) |
−0.46 (− 0.53 to − 0.40) |
−0.47 (− 0.56 to − 0.38) |
−0.47 (− 0.54 to − 0.41) |
−0.49 (− 0.58 to − 0.40) |
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Cohen’s d calculated for four different item sets separately for boys and girls. Confidence interval within parentheses. Calculations based on mean values from the original variable