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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of study sample

From: Inequality of opportunity in a land of equal opportunities: The impact of parents’ health and wealth on their offspring’s quality of life in Norway

   

EQ-5D-5L utility score

 

N

%

Mean

(SD)

Total

20,150

100%

0.890

(0.109)

Sex

 Women

10,558

52.4%

0.879

(0.114)

 Men

9,592

47.6%

0.902

(0.102)

Age

 40–69 years

16,984

84.3%

0.892

(0.106)

 70–79 years

2,508

12.4%

0.891

(0.113)

 80 + years

658

3.3%

0.849

(0.146)

Educational attainment

 Primary school (10 years)

4,481

22.6%

0.873

(0.120)

 Upper secondary school

5,509

27.8%

0.885

(0.108)

 Lower university degree < 4 years

3,880

19.6%

0.895

(0.104)

 Higher university degree ≥ 4 years

5,951

30.0%

0.906

(0.100)

Childhood financial conditions (CFC)

 Difficult

5,084

25.5%

0.869

(0.120)

 Good

13,720

68.8%

0.897

(0.103)

 Very Good

1,138

5.7%

0.907

(0.107)

Parental health Number of somatic diseases

Father

 0

12,017

59.6%

0.894

(0.107)

 1

5,656

28.1%

0.888

(0.109)

 2 + 

2,477

12.3%

0.879

(0.114)

Mother

 0

13,742

68.2%

0.894

(0.108)

 1

4,812

23.9%

0.886

(0.109)

 2 + 

1,596

7.9%

0.870

(0.117)

Psychological problem

Father

 No

19,396

96.3%

0.891

(0.108)

 Yes

754

3.7%

0.862

(0.117)

Mother

 No

18,521

91.9%

0.893

(0.107)

 Yes

1,629

8.1%

0.860

(0.127)

Substance abuse

Father

 No

18,954

94.1%

0.891

(0.108)

 Yes

1,196

5.9%

0.873

(0.119)

Mother

 No

19,814

98.3%

0.891

(0.108)

 Yes

336

1.7%

0.857

(0.131)