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. 2022 Mar 31;27(13):2100376. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.13.2100376

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
% 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.