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Table 4 Differences in person mean values of psychosomatic symptoms on non-transformed scales among 15 years old students between four Nordic countries in 2014

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

−0.24

(−0.29 to − 0.16)

−0.24

(− 0.32 to − 0.14)

−0.32

(− 0.38 to − 0.25)

−0.35

(− 0.42 to − 0.24)

        

Boys

−0.26

(− 0.33 to − 0.18)

−0.31

(− 0.40 to − 0.20)

−0.30

(− 0.36 to − 0.22)

−0.35

(− 0.44 to − 0.25)

        

Norway

Girls

−0.06

(− 0.16 to 0.02)

−0.08

(− 0.22 to 0.02)

−0.06

(− 0.16 to 0.01)

−0.08

(− 0.22 to 0.02)

0.17

(0.07 to 0.23)

0.15

(0.02 to 0.23)

0.26

(0.16 to 0.31)

0.26

(0.12 to 0.34)

    

Boys

0.08

(−0.04 to 0.16)

0.05

(−0.09 to 0.16)

0.08

(− 0.03 to 0.16)

0.06

(− 0.08 to 0.17)

0.33

(0.22 to 0.40)

0.35

(0.20 to 0.44)

0.37

(0.26 to 0.43)

0.40

(0.25 to 0.49)

    

Sweden

Girls

−0.52

(−0.57 to − 0.45)

−0.53

(− 0.61 to − 0.43)

−0.51

(− 0.56 to − 0.43)

−0.52

(− 0.59 to − 0.42)

−0.30

(− 0.35 to − 0.24)

−0.31

(− 0.38 to − 0.23)

−0.20

(− 0.24 to − 0.14)

−0.19

(− 0.26 to − 0.12)

−0.46

(− 0.50 to − 0.36)

−0.45

(− 0.52 to − 0.31)

−0.45

(− 0.49 to − 0.35)

−0.44

(− 0.50 to − 0.30)

Boys

−0.35

(− 0.41 to − 0.26)

−0.37

(− 0.45 to − 0.27)

−0.33

(− 0.39 to − 0.25)

−0.35

(− 0.43 to − 0.24)

−0.09

(− 0.15 to − 0.02)

−0.08

(− 0.16 to 0.01)

−0.04

(− 0.10 to 0.02)

−0.01

(− 0.09 to 0.07)

−0.41

(− 0.47 to − 0.30)

−0.41

(− 0.49 to − 0.26)

−0.40

(− 0.46 to − 0.29)

−0.39

(− 0.47 to − 0.25)

  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