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Table 3 Differences in person mean values of psychosomatic symptoms on non-transformed scales among 15 years old students between four Nordic countries in 1994

From: Cross-country comparisons of trends in adolescent psychosomatic symptoms – a Rasch analysis of HBSC data from four Nordic countries

 

Denmark

Finland

Norway

Set A

It 8

5 cat

Set B

It 8

3 cat

Set C

It 7

5 cat

Set D

It 7

3 cat

Set A

It 8

5 cat

Set B

It 8

3 cat

Set C

It 7

5 cat

Set D

It 7

3 cat

Set A

It 8

5 cat

Set B

It 8

3 cat

Set C

It 7

5 cat

Set D

It 7

3 cat

Finland

Girls

−0.29

(− 0.35 to − 0.23)

− 0.35

(− 0.43 to − 0.26)

−0.32

(− 0.38 to − 0.26)

−0.37

(− 0.46 to − 0.29)

        

Boys

−0.33

(− 0.40 to − 0.27)

−0.42

(− 0.52 to − 0.34)

− 0.29

(− 0.36 to − 0.23)

−0.37

(− 0.46 to − 0.29)

        

Norway

Girls

0.10

(0.03 to 0.16)

0.06

(− 0.03 to 0.15)

0.06

(0.00 to 0.12)

0.02

(− 0.07 to 0.11)

0.35

(0.28 to 0.41)

0.37

(0.28 to 0.45)

0.34

(0.28 to 0.40)

0.36

(0.27 to 0.44)

    

Boys

0.14

(0.07 to 0.20)

0.12

(0.03 to 0.20)

0.17

(0.10 to 0.23)

0.15

(0.07 to 0.23)

0.43

(0.36 to 0.50)

0.49

(0.41 to 0.59)

0.42

(0.36 to 0.49)

0.48

(0.40 to 0.58)

    

Sweden

Girls

−0.39

(− 0.46 to − 0.32)

− 0.44

(− 0.54 to − 0.35)

− 0.42

(− 0.49 to − 0.36)

−0.47

(− 0.57 to − 0.38)

−0.11

(− 0.18 to − 0.05)

−0.11

(− 0.21 to − 0.02)

−0.13

(− 0.19 to − 0.07)

−0.11

(− 0.21 to − 0.03)

−0.43

(− 0.50 to − 0.36)

−0.45

(− 0.55 to − 0.36)

−0.44

(− 0.51 to − 0.37)

−0.44

(− 0.54 to − 0.35)

Boys

−0.37

(− 0.44 to − 0.31)

−0.39

(− 0.49 to − 0.31)

−0.35

(− 0.41 to − 0.29)

−0.38

(− 0.47 to − 0.30)

−0.03

(− 0.10 to 0.04)

0.02

(− 0.07 to 0.12)

−0.05

(− 0.12 to 0.01)

−0.01

(− 0.10 to 0.09)

−0.46

(− 0.53 to − 0.40)

−0.47

(− 0.56 to − 0.38)

−0.47

(− 0.54 to − 0.41)

−0.49

(− 0.58 to − 0.40)

  1. Cohen’s d calculated for four different item sets separately for boys and girls. Confidence interval within parentheses. Calculations based on mean values from the original variable