Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents (n = 5396)

From: Measurement properties and normative data for the Norwegian SF-36: results from a general population survey

	Number	Percent
Age, years; mean (SD)	46.57 (17.44)
Age category, years	296	5.49
15–19 yrs
20–29	729	13.51
30–39	1016	18.83
40–49	1080	20.01
50–59	980	18.16
60–69	675	12.51
70–79	439	8.14
80-	181	3.35
Gender
Female	2773	51.39
Male	2623	48.61
Marital status^a
Divorced/separated	441	8.17
Cohabitant/married	2964	54.93
Single	1679	31.12
Widowed	311	5.76
Education^b
Under 10 yrs	839	16.49
10 – 12 yrs	2746	53.97
University (>12 yrs)	1503	29.54

^aMissing data for one respondent
^bMissing data for 141 respondents

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