Level of social support, based on the Oslo Social Support Scale (OSS-3). Social support is defined as the perceived availability of people whom the individual trusts and who make one feel cared for and valued as a person.
The questions below are included in the in Statistics Norway's survey of level of living. Scores for each question are added together: 3-8 points is classified as poor support, 9-11 points as intermediate support, and 12-14 points as strong support.
The questions were included in the survey for the first time in 2005, but the wording of question 2 was changed in 2008, 2012 and 2015. The figures are therefore not entirely comparable between 2005, 2008, 2012 and 2015 thus only 2015 figures are presented here.
Question wording in 2015:
1. How many people are so close to you that you can count on them if you have serious problems?
- none (1 point)
- 1 or 2 (2 points)
- 3-5 (3 points)
- 6 or more (4 points)
2. How much concern do people show in what you are doing?
- much interest (5 points)
- some interest (4 points)
- neither much or little interest (3 points)
- little interest (2 points)
- no interest (1 point)
3. How easy can you get practical help from neighbours if you should need it?
- very easy (5 points)
- easy (4 points)
- possible (3 points)
- difficult (2 points)
- very difficult (1 point)
Social Support 2012 (C)
Sosialstotte-EHIS-F
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics Norway | SSB |
2003-07-02
| Name | Affiliation | E-mail address | Universal Resource Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Øyvind Hesselberg |
2008-05-26
Date: 2018-01-11
Type: Endelig
The method used for age standardisation is indirect standardisation using a fixed population reference. The reference is the sum of men and women in 5-year age groups in Norway in 2015.
16-74 years
Statistics based on fewer than 3 cases is hidden to protect the identity of the patients. Figures are also hidden when the population group in which the cases originate, is smaller than 10 persons.
If more than 20 per cent of the cases in a time series are hidden due to the abovementioned reasons, the complete time series is hidden to avoid giving a skewed impression.
The complete time series is also hidden if more than 50 per cent of the values in the series are based on fewer than 6 cases. In this case, the figures are regarded as too uncertain.
Every 3-4 years
helse, selvrapportert, god helse, dårlig helse, uhelse, vanhelse, sunnhet, usunnhet, frisk, syk, sykdom
Reasonable data quality. The Oslo Support Scale (OSS-3) has lower reliability and validity than the 6-item Brief Social Support Questionnaire (BSSQ) and it is recommended by the EU Working Party for Mental Health that the OSS-3 is eventually replaced by the BSSQ. The health survey is a stable and regular source of data about different aspects of the population's health. In recent years, the survey has had a stable participation rate of around 70%, which is good compared with other health surveys in Norway. These deviations, however, are usually small and do not have a significant effect on the results.
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