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| Income indicators |
| 16 | Health conditions for persons with persistent low income1. People aged 16-85 years. 2001 |
| 16-85 years | 16-44 years | 45-85 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Persistently low income | All | Persistently low income | All | Persistently low income | All | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage who | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| evaluate their own health as bad/very bad. 2002 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| have a long-standing illness. 1999 | 59 | 53 | 46 | 43 | 73 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| have diseases of the musculo-skeletal system. 1999 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| have cardiovascular diseases. 1999 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage with illness that affects everyday life | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| to a great extent. 1999 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| to some extent. 1999 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage with symptoms of poor mental health2. 2002 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of respondents 2000-2002 | 224 | 3 030 | 120 | 1 532 | 104 | 1 498 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | People with an equivalent after-tax income (three-year income) below 60 per cent of average median equivalent income for all persons (three-year income). EU scale. |
| 2 | The measure is based on an index constructed from answers to five questions. These are questions whether the respondent is very, somewhat, a little or not at all bothered by nervousness, hopelessness about the future, depression and anxiety. The answers from very to not at all are given values from 4 to 1 and the answers to the five questions are added. Persons with a sum of 10 or more are defined as persons with poor mental health. |
| Source: Source: Survey of living conditions, Statistics Norway. | |