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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (n = 1684) in the Norwegian population (NorPop) study, data collected 2015–2016

From: Self-evaluated anxiety in the Norwegian population: prevalence and associated factors

Characteristics

Sample

(n = 1684)

Men

(n = 787)

Women

(n = 897)

p

d

Age group

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

  

 18–30

203 (12.1)

70 (8.9)

133 (14.8)

<  0.001

 

 31–40

182 (10.8)

67 (8.5)

115 (12.8)

  

 41–50

345 (20.5)

145 (18.4)

200 (22.3)

  

 51–60

340 (20.2)

167 (21.2)

173 (19.3)

  

 61–70

374 (22.2)

206 (26.2)

168 (18.7)

  

 71 or above

240 (14.3)

132 (16.8)

108 (12.0)

  

Education

 12 years or less

761 (45.2)

368 (46.8)

393 (43.8)

0.23

 

 More than 12 years

923 (54.8)

419 (53.2)

504 (56.2)

  

Employment

 Working

1040 (61.8)

470 (59.7)

570 (63.5)

0.11

 

 Not working

644 (38.2)

317 (40.3)

327 (36.5)

  

Anxiety

 Current anxiety

111 (6.6)

37 (4.7)

74 (8.2)

<  0.01

 

 Lifetime anxiety

365 (21.7)

133 (16.9)

232 (25.9)

<  0.001

 

 Past anxiety

254 (15.1)

96 (12.2)

158 (17.6)

<  0.01

 

 No anxiety

1319 (78.3)

654 (83.1)

665 (74.1)

<  0.001

 

Psychological factors

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

  

 General self-efficacy (mean)

2.9 (0.6)

3.0 (0.6)

2.8 (0.6)

<  0.001

0.20

 Optimism (mean)

2.9 (0.5)

2.9 (0.5)

2.9 (0.5)

0.69

0.02

 Extraversion (sum)

3.9 (1.8)

3.6 (1.8)

4.1 (1.8)

<  0.001

0.28

 Neuroticism (sum)

1.9 (1.9)

1.5 (1.7)

2.2 (1.9)

<  0.001

0.49

  1. Note. ‘Lifetime anxiety’ includes the two categories ‘current anxiety’ and ‘past anxiety’. Statistical tests are χ2-tests for categorical variables and independent t-tests for continuous variables. Effect sizes are calculated as Cohen’s d