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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of survey participants, municipality of Baerum, Norway, 2017 (N = 611)

From: Compliance with water advisories after water outages in Norway

Characteristics

Survey population # (%)

Gender

 Male

285 (47)

 Female

327 (54)

 Total

611 (100)

Age group

 16–35

65 (11)

 36–45

120 (20)

 46–65

328 (54)

  > 65

98 (16)

 Total

611 (100)

Highest level of education completed

 Primary school

8 (1)

 High school

84 (14)

 University/college (1–3 years)

171 (28)

 University/college (4 years or more)

348 (57)

 Total

611 (100)

Household type

 Single without children in the household

69 (11)

 Single with children in the household

41 (7)

 Couples without children in the household

223 (37)

 Couple with children in the household

278 (45)

 Total

611 (100)

Household members

 Pregnant

5 (1)

 Children < 5 years old

89 (15)

 Breastfeeding

15 (3)

 None of the above

517 (85)

 Total

NA

Number of notifications received during the previous 12 months*

 1–2 times

284 (69)

 3–5 times

81 (20)

  > 5 times

9 (2)

 Does not know how many notifications

38 (9)

 Total

412 (100.0)

  1. *412 of 611 reported to have received a notification from the municipality