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Table 7 Normative values of the OSSS-3

From: Social support in the general population: standardization of the Oslo social support scale (OSSS-3)

	Total	Men							Women
	14–91 yr.	14–24	25–34	35–44	45–54	55–64	65–74	> 75	14–24	25–34	35–44	45–54	55–64	65–74	> 75
	n = 2524	n = 160	n = 137	n = 202	n = 224	n = 183	n = 204	n = 91	n = 142	n = 160	n = 251	n = 224	n = 224	n = 200	n = 117
M	10.16	10.66	10.18	10.50	9.78	9.85	10.11	9.70	10.66	10.43	10.34	10.31	9.94	9.84	9.85
(SD)	2.07	2.07	2.27	2.20	2.55	2.06	2.21	2.56	2.09	2.31	2.20	2.13	2.27	2.12	2.27
Sum score	Percentile^a
3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.0	3.1	0.0	0.5	3.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0
5	1.8	1.3	2.2	0.5	4.0	0.5	1.5	6.6	1.4	2.5	1.6	0.9	1.8	2.0	0.9
6	5.3	2.5	5.1	5.4	10.3	2.2	5.9	8.8	4.2	5.0	4.4	3.1	6.3	5.0	7.7
7	15.0	8.8	15.3	12.9	21.9	16.4	16.7	20.9	8.5	13.1	10.4	11.2	19.6	16.0	20.5
8	24.2	15.0	23.4	16.8	31.3	30.6	24.5	31.9	14.8	21.3	20.7	24.1	27.2	27.5	32.5
9	36.2	28.1	35.0	31.7	42.4	42.1	34.8	45.1	28.2	30.0	32.3	34.8	40.2	44.0	39.3
10	52.0	41.9	51.8	46.5	57.1	60.7	51.5	59.3	43.0	45.6	50.2	48.7	54.9	61.5	56.4
11	69.9	61.9	70.1	63.9	72.3	76.5	72.5	73.6	59.2	64.4	69.3	68.3	72.8	74.0	74.4
12	84.0	79.4	84.7	79.7	84.8	88.5	86.3	87.9	81.0	79.4	81.7	83.5	86.6	88.0	85.5
13	94.6	94.4	93.4	92.6	93.3	97.3	94.6	91.2	93.7	93.8	93.6	94.6	95.5	98.0	97.4
14	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

For example, an OSSS (OSSS Oslo Social Support Scale) score of 11 in a 24-year-old man indicates a percentile rank of 69.9% in the total population and of 61.9% in a group of subjects of the same age and gender

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