Table 1

Sample descriptives

	All respondents		Retest sample
	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Gender
Male	558	23.6	40	22.2
Female	1809	76.4	140	77.8
Age
0–5 years	106	4.5	4	2.2
6–15 years	153	6.5	8	4.4
16–19 years	66	2.8	1	0.6
20–29 years	143	6.0	3	1.7
30–49 years	565	23.9	28	15.6
50–66 years	701	29.6	64	35.6
67–79 years	476	20.1	57	31.7
80–89 years	133	5.6	14	7.8
90 years or more	24	1.0	1	0.6
Education
None	11	0.5	0	0.0
Primary school	547	26.2	32	19.0
High school	914	43.8	79	47.0
University graduate	477	22.9	39	23.2
University postgraduate	137	6.6	18	10.7
Born in Norway
No	225	9.6	10	5.6
Yes	2126	90.4	170	94.4
Self-reported health status
Excellent	250	10.6	19	10.6
Very good	668	28.3	48	26.7
Good	801	34.0	69	38.3
Fairly good	498	21.1	36	20.0
Poor	142	6.0	8	4.4
Long-standing health problem (>6 months)
None	749	32.0	54	30.0
Yes, one	817	34.9	49	27.2
Yes, two	468	20.0	24	13.3
Yes, three or more	304	13.0	53	29.4
Number of consultations in last 12 months
1–2	751	31.6	42	23.3
3–4	493	20.7	32	17.8
five or more	1133	47.7	106	58.9
Years the patient has been on this GP’s patient list
0–5 years	1058	44.7	65	36.1
6–12 years	637	26.9	48	26.7
13 years or more	672	28.4	67	37.2
Who filled in the questionnaire?
Patient	2077	88.2	167	92.8
Next of kin to children<16 years	242	10.2	12	6.7
Next of kin to others	35	1.5	1	0.6