Table 3.
Example of quotas within a sampled catchment area based on the composition of sex, age and educational level in the general population of the respective region (source: official statistics for 2017 generated from microdata.no)
| Sex | Highest attained educational level | Age groups | Total quota per sex and educational level | ||||||
| 18–24 | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | 55–64 | 65–74 | 75+ | |||
| Male | Primary or secondary | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 56 |
| Tertiary | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | |
| Female | Primary or secondary | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 47 |
| Tertiary | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | |
| Total quota per age group | 17 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 140 | |
Example given sampling scenario and catchment area for Hospital 1 in table 2.