| No Chronic pain* (n = 21) N (%) | Chronic pain* (n = 40) N (%) | Chi2/t-value | p-value | p-value§ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender (n = 61) | |||||
Women | 8 (32.0) | 17 (68.0) | 0.110 | 0.790 | 1.000 |
Men | 13 (36.1) | 23 (63.7) | |||
Marital status (n = 61) | |||||
Single | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | 4.549 | 0.111 | 0.888 |
Married | 9 (25.0) | 27 (75.0) | |||
Divorced | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | |||
Ethnicity (n = 61) | |||||
Eastern Europe | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.2) | 0.160 | 0.941 | 0.941 |
Africa + Middle East | 9 (34.6) | 17 (65.4) | |||
Other | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | |||
Living conditions (n = 60) | |||||
Living alone | 6 (50.0) | 6 (50.0) | 1.875 | 0.304 | 1.000 |
Living with family/others | 14 (29.2) | 34 (70.8) | |||
Employment (n = 53) | |||||
Not employed | 11 (34.4) | 21 (65.6) | 1.607 | 0.471 | 1.000 |
Part time employed | 5 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | |||
Employed | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | |||
Having friends (n = 57) | |||||
Having no friends | 5 (22.7) | 17 (77.3) | 1.299 | 0.381 | 1.000 |
Having friends | 13 (37.1) | 22 (62.9) | |||
Proficiency of the Norwegian language (n = 56) | |||||
Low | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | 3.242 | 0.183 | 1.000 |
Medium | 4 (18.2) | 18 (81.8) | |||
High | 12 (41.4) | 17 (67.9) | |||
Social integration in Norway (n = 57) | 10.9 (2.1) | 9.3 (2.6) | 1.526 | 0.021 | 0.252 |
Social integration in ethnic community (n = 56) | 3.9 (1.3) | 3.3 (1.1) | 0.924 | 0.058 | 0.522 |
Years in Norway (n = 56) # Mean (SD) | 17 (9.0) | 16 (6.1) | 0.487 | 0.628 | 1.000 |
Education (n = 55) # Mean (SD) | 14 (4.5) | 12 (3.3) | 2.058 | 0.045 | 0.495 |
Age (n = 61) # Mean (SD) | 39 (11.4) | 43 (8.2) | −1.942 | 0.057 | 0.570 |