Table 1 Sample distribution of indicators of social status by gender.
From: Social inequalities in mental health in Norway: possible explanatory factors
Men | Women | Sign. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Education | Primary | 557 (12.2) | 800 (13.7) | |
Secondary | 912 (19.9) | 1055 (18.1) | ||
Post-secondary | 487 (10.6) | 758 (13.0) | *** | |
First stage tertiary | 1021 (22.3) | 1306 (22.4) | ||
Second stage tertiary | 1604 (35.0) | 1908 (32.7) | ||
Total | 4581 (100.0) | 5827 (100.0) | ||
Income NOK | < 100 000 | 171 (3.8) | 509 (9.0) | |
100–200 000 | 422 (9.3) | 1282 (22.6) | ||
200–300 000 | 1215 (26.8) | 2494 (43.9) | *** | |
300–400 000 | 1348 (29.7) | 992 (17.5) | ||
400 000 + | 1381 (30.4) | 403 (22.6) | ||
Total | 4537 (100.0) | 5680 (100.0) | ||
Occupation | Unskilled manual | 364 (7.4) | 203 (3.4) | |
Skilled manual | 384 (7.8) | 109 (1.8) | ||
Non-manual | 1969 (40.0) | 4039 (68.5) | ||
Lower service | 617 (12.5) | 539 (9.1) | *** | |
Higher service | 1598 (32.3) | 1003 (17.0) | ||
Total | 4923 (100.0) | 5893 (100.0) | ||
Social status combined index | I (low) | 727 (17.9) | 1112 (22.3) | |
II | 582 (14.3) | 1222 (24.5) | ||
III | 629 (15.5) | 1260 (25.3) | *** | |
IV | 892 (22.1) | 737 (14.8) | ||
V (high) | 1225 (30.2) | 654 (13.1) | ||
Total | 4060 (100.0) | 4985 (100.0) |