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Table 1 Sample demographic characteristics and response rate, by method of administration and in total

From: Measuring health-related quality of life in adolescents and young adults: Swedish normative data for the SF-36 and the HADS, and the influence of age, gender, and method of administration

 

Telephone

Mail

Total

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Approached

391

-

449

-

840

-

Response rate

-

76.7

-

63.5%

-

69.6

Participated

300

-

285

-

585

-

Gender

      

   Male

147

49

130

45.6

277

47.4

   Female

153

51

155

54.4

308

52.6

Age

      

   13–15

89

29.7

91

31.9

180

30.8

   16–19

119

39.7

110

38.6

229

39.1

   20–23

92

30.7

84

29.5

176

30.1

Region

      

   South

98

32.7

99

34.7

197

33.7

   Uppsala/Örebro

138

46

126

44.2

264

45.1

   North

64

21.3

60

21.1

124

21.2

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