Table 1.
Demographics, COVID-19 cases and perception of health (unweighted absolute and relative frequencies)
| Variables | ALL n (%) (N = 529) |
Somali n (%) (N = 33) |
Arabic n (%) (N = 137) |
Tamil n (%) (N = 72) |
Spanish n (%) (N = 113) |
Polish n (%) (N = 174) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 252 (47.6) | 13 (39.4) | 56 (40.9) | 37 (51.4) | 73 (64.6) | 73 (42.0) |
| Male | 277 (52.4) | 20 (60.6) | 81 (59.1) | 35 (48.6) | 40 (35.4) | 101 (58.1) |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–25 | 44 (8.3) | 1 (3.0) | 24 (17.5) | 3 (4.2) | 11 (9.7) | 5 (2.9) |
| 26–35 | 159 (30.1) | 6 (18.2) | 59 (43.1) | 6 (8.3) | 39 (34.5) | 49 (28.2) |
| 36–45 | 148 (28.0) | 7 (21.2) | 36 (26.3) | 11 (15.3) | 39 (34.5) | 55 (31.6) |
| 46–55 | 123 (23.3) | 14 (42.4) | 15 (11.0) | 33 (45.8) | 17 (15.0) | 44 (25.3) |
| 56–65 | 46 (8.7) | 4 (12.1) | 2 (1.5) | 17 (23.6) | 4 (3.5) | 19 (10.9) |
| 66+ | 9 (1.7) | 1 (3.0) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (2.8) | 3 (2.7) | 2 (1.2) |
| Years in Norway | ||||||
| 0–2 | 58 (11.0) | 4 (12.1) | 19 (13.9) | 0 (0.0) | 19 (16.8) | 16 (9.2) |
| 3–5 | 115 (21.7) | 1 (3.0) | 77 (56.2) | 1 (1.4) | 16 (14.2) | 20 (11.5) |
| 5+ | 356 (67.3) | 28 (84.9) | 41 (29.9) | 71 (98.6) | 78 (69.0) | 138 (79.3) |
| Number of children | ||||||
| 0 | 194 (36.7) | 12 (36.4) | 62 (45.3) | 10 (13.9) | 57 (50.4) | 53 (30.5) |
| 1–2 | 231 (43.7) | 12 (36.4) | 37 (27.0) | 35 (48.6) | 46 (40.7) | 101 (58.1) |
| 3+ | 104 (19.6) | 9 (27.2) | 38 (27.7) | 27 (37.5) | 10 (8.9) | 20 (11.4) |
| People I live with | ||||||
| alone | 97 (18.3) | 4 (12.1) | 32 (23.4) | 7 (9.7) | 13 (11.5) | 41 (23.6) |
| family members | 368 (69.6) | 26 (78.8) | 96 (70.1) | 64 (88.9) | 80 (70.8) | 102 (58.6) |
| others | 64 (12.1) | 3 (9.1) | 9 (6.6) | 1 (1.4) | 20 (17.7) | 31 (17.8) |
| Number of people I live with | ||||||
| 1–2 | 145 (33.6) | 8 (27.6) | 26 (24.8) | 8 (12.3) | 46 (46.0) | 57 (42.9) |
| 3–4 | 197 (45.6) | 10 (34.5) | 48 (45.7) | 36 (55.4) | 45 (45.0) | 58 (43.6) |
| 5+ | 90 (20.8) | 11 (37.9) | 31 (29.5) | 21 (32.3) | 9 (9.0) | 18 (13.5) |
| Paid job before Covid-19 pandemic | ||||||
| Yes | 441 (83.4) | 27 (81.8) | 105 (76.6) | 64 (88.9) | 95 (84.1) | 150 (86.2) |
| I have/had COVID-19 | ||||||
| Yes, doc/test | 5 (1.0) | 1 (3.0) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.6) |
| Yes, presume | 14 (2.7) | 2 (6.1) | 3 (2.2) | 2 (2.8) | 2 (1.8) | 5 (2.9) |
| No, doc/test | 40 (7.6) | 2 (6.0) | 10 (7.3) | 13 (18.1) | 4 (3.5) | 11 (6.3) |
| No, presume | 470 (88.9) | 28 (84.9) | 123 (89.8) | 56 (77.8) | 106 (93.8) | 157 (90.2) |
| My health is | ||||||
| Excellent or very good | 321 (60.7) | 28 (84.9) | 84 (61.3) | 30 (41.7) | 76 (67.3) | 103 (59.2) |
| Good | 171 (32.3) | 4 (12.1) | 45 (32.9) | 30 (41.7) | 32 (28.3) | 60 (34.5) |
| Fairly good or bad | 37 (7.0) | 1 (3.0) | 8 (5.8) | 12 (16.7) | 5 (4.4) | 11 (6.3) |
| I consider myself to belong to a group that is vulnerable to the coronavirus | ||||||
| Yes | 101 (19.1) | 5 (15.2) | 24 (17.5) | 22 (30.6) | 21 (18.6) | 29 (16.7) |
| I live with someone who belongs to a group that is vulnerable to the coronavirus | ||||||
| Yes | 89 (16.8) | 4 (12.1) | 21 (15.3) | 18 (25.0) | 13 (11.5) | 33 (19.0) |
| My infection risk in 2020 is | ||||||
| Very or somewhat high | 69 (13.1) | 3 (9.1) | 11 (8.0) | 16 (22.2) | 15 (13.3) | 24 (13.8) |
| Middle | 222 (42.0) | 16 (48.5) | 66 (48.2) | 30 (41.7) | 55 (48.7) | 55 (31.6) |
| Somewhat or very low | 238 (45.0) | 14 (42.4) | 60 (43.8) | 26 (36.1) | 43 (38.1) | 95 (54.6) |
| I feel I have received sufficient information from the health authorities | ||||||
| Yes | 434 (82.0) | 31 (93.9) | 113 (82.5) | 63 (87.5) | 95 (84.1) | 132 (75.9) |
| I worry the COVID-19 information I receive from social media is inaccurate | ||||||
| Agree | 416 (78.6) | 20 (60.6) | 90 (65.7) | 53 (73.6) | 93 (82.3) | 160 (92.0) |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 66 (12.5) | 3 (9.1) | 29 (21.2) | 13 (18.1) | 14 (12.4) | 7 (4.0) |
| Disagree | 47 (8.9) | 10 (30.3) | 18 (13.1) | 6 (8.3) | 6 (5.3) | 7 (4.0) |