Research Article
Role Participation: A Comparison across Age Groups in a Norwegian General Population Sample
Table 1
Frequency and proportion of individuals currently participating in roles according to age groups.
| | Age groups | | | Current roles | 18–24 years
n (%) | 25–44 years
n (%) | 45–64 years
n (%) | ≥65 years
n (%) | |
| | Student | 43 (95.6) | 16 (34.0) | 4 (12.9) | 1 (5.9) | <0.001 | | Worker | 31 (68.9) | 38 (80.9) | 30 (96.8) | 3 (17.6) | <0.001 | | Volunteer | 8 (17.8) | 8 (17.0) | 11 (35.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.02 | | Caregiver | 9 (20.0) | 30 (63.8) | 19 (61.3) | 6 (35.3) | <0.001 | | Home maintainer | 43 (95.6) | 46 (97.9) | 31 (100.0) | 11 (64.7) | <0.001 | | Friend | 45 (100.0) | 41 (87.2) | 23 (74.2) | 12 (70.6) | <0.01 | | Family member | 33 (73.3) | 39 (83.0) | 26 (83.9) | 18 (94.1) | 0.27 | | Religious participant | 3 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (16.1) | 2 (11.8) | <0.05 | | Hobbyist | 34 (75.6) | 37 (78.8) | 24 (77.4) | 13 (76.5) | 0.99 | | Participant in organizations | 7 (15.6) | 11 (23.4) | 9 (29.0) | 4 (23.5) | 0.56 | | | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | | | Number of current roles | 5.69 (1.56) | 5.66 (1.20) | 5.87 (1.65) | 4.0 (1.37) | <0.001 |
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Note. Differences by tests for separate roles and by one-way ANOVA -test for the number of current roles. |
