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. 2021 Jul 16;31(2):517–526. doi: 10.1007/s11136-021-02938-7

Table 6.

Weighteda EQ-5D index and EQ VAS (0–100 scale) scores for the whole sample, age, gender, and education

EQ-5D index EQ VAS
nb Mean SD nb Mean SD
All 3120 0.805 0.201 3120 77.9 18.3
Sex
 Female 1555 0.796 0.197 1555 78.0 18.8
 Male 1565 0.814 0.204 1565 77.9 17.8
Ages
 18–29 615 0.820 0.198 615 78.9 16.1
 30–39 533 0.839 0.177 533 80.8 15.8
 40–49 531 0.788 0.210 531 75.0 20.5
 50–59 517 0.799 0.202 517 78.3 17.9
 60–69 429 0.816 0.184 429 80.2 17.7
 70–79 322 0.793 0.199 322 78.0 18.1
  ≥ 80 174 0.716 0.254 174 67.8 23.9
Ages female
 18–29 317 0.825 0.211 317 79.4 15.7
 30–39 272 0.828 0.208 272 78.7 16.6
 40–49 272 0.786 0.223 272 74.8 20.3
 50–59 264 0.831 0.161 264 79.5 15.4
 60–69 215 0.826 0.177 215 79.7 18.1
 70–79 156 0.805 0.209 156 77.6 18.4
  ≥ 80 68 0.746 0.270 68 68.6 22.4
Ages male
 18–29 298 0.814 0.184 298 78.4 16.4
 30–39 260 0.850 0.136 260 82.9 14.6
 40–49 258 0.790 0.196 258 75.2 20.7
 50–59 253 0.767 0.233 253 77.0 20.0
 60–69 214 0.806 0.190 214 80.7 17.4
 70–79 166 0.781 0.189 166 78.4 17.8
  ≥ 80 106 0.697 0.243 106 67.3 24.9
Education
 Below upper secondary 729 0.724 0.255 729 71.9 21.8
 Upper secondary 1281 0.810 0.188 1281 78.2 18.1
 Higher education < 4 years 779 0.844 0.158 779 81.1 14.9
 Higher education ≥ 4 years 330 0.874 0.142 330 82.8 14.1

aUsing general population data from Statistics Norway (www.ssb.no/befolkning), 1 October, 2019. Frequency weights for age, sex, and education level

bSome columns do not sum to 3120 due to rounding errors