Table 1. Descriptive summaries of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence study sample, non-responders and national population statistics, Norway, winter 2020/21 (n = 104,637).
Variables | Study sample n = 27,700 |
Non-responders n = 76,937 |
Nationala | ||
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% | n | % | n | % | |
Data from Statistics Norway | |||||
Age | |||||
Mean (SD) | 49.4 | 17.3 | 47.5 | 20.2 | NA |
Age groups | |||||
16–19 | 3.1 | 868 | 6.3 | 4,834 | 5.7 |
20–44 | 36.8 | 10,190 | 41.8 | 32,186 | 40.7 |
45–66 | 40.5 | 11,206 | 30.2 | 23,202 | 34.3 |
67–79 | 16.8 | 4,655 | 14.6 | 11,254 | 13.9 |
≥ 80 | 2.8 | 781 | 7.1 | 5,461 | 5.4 |
Sex | |||||
Women | 57.4 | 15,895 | 47.8 | 36,798 | 49.6 |
Men | 42.6 | 11,793 | 52.2 | 40,134 | 50.4 |
Place of birth | |||||
Nordic countries | 86.9 | 24,062 | 71.5 | 54,976 | 82.5 |
Outside Nordic countries | 13.1 | 3,626 | 28.5 | 21,956 | 17.5 |
Counties | |||||
Troms and Finnmark | 6.1 | 1,685 | 4.3 | 3,340 | 4.5 |
Nordland | 4.4 | 1,213 | 4.6 | 3,498 | 4.5 |
Trøndelag | 8.4 | 2,314 | 8.7 | 6,687 | 8.7 |
Møre and Romsdal | 4.5 | 1,256 | 5.1 | 3,908 | 4.9 |
Vestland | 12.0 | 3,326 | 11.4 | 8,777 | 11.8 |
Rogaland | 7.5 | 2,072 | 8.4 | 6,479 | 9.0 |
Agder | 4.9 | 1,362 | 5.9 | 4,524 | 5.7 |
Vestfold and Telemark | 7.8 | 2,155 | 8.0 | 6,126 | 7.8 |
Viken | 24.3 | 6,714 | 23.4 | 17,977 | 23.2 |
Oslo | 13.7 | 3,782 | 13.1 | 10,039 | 12.9 |
Innlandet | 6.5 | 1,806 | 7.3 | 5,577 | 6.9 |
Data from questionnaire | |||||
Education level | |||||
Primary school/junior high school | 7.7 | 2,022 | NA | NA | 25.3 |
High school | 25.9 | 6,766 | NA | NA | 37.0 |
Vocational school | 13.8 | 3,617 | NA | NA | 3.0 |
University or college | 52.5 | 13,736 | NA | NA | 34.6 |
Healthcare worker | |||||
Yes | 14.2 | 3,716 | NA | NA | 22.0 |
No | 85.8 | 22,472 | NA | NA | 78.0 |
Number of people living in household | |||||
1 | 16.7 | 4,376 | NA | NA | 39.3 |
2–4 | 74.5 | 19,500 | NA | NA | 55.0 |
≥ 5 | 8.8 | 2,312 | NA | NA | 15.7 |
NA: not applicable; SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SD: standard deviation.
a Numbers from Statistics Norway [13] for those aged 16 years and older, available only in percentages.