The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey

The second survey of the Population-based Study on Health and Living Conditions in Regions with Sami and Norwegian Populations (SAMINOR 2) was conducted by the Centre for Sami Health Research at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in 2012–2014. The survey was conducted in two stages. Stage 1 was a questionnaire survey conducted in 25 municipalities with Sami and Norwegian populations in Northern Norway and Trøndelag. The survey took place in the same regions as SAMINOR 1, but Sør-Varanger was included as a new municipality. In six of the municipalities, only a few districts were included. You can read about Stage 2 HERE.

In January 2012, an eight-page questionnaire was sent to everyone aged 18–69 in the selected region. The questionnaire was provided in Northern Sami, Lule Sami and Southern Sami, in addition to Norwegian. The questionnaire was accompanied by an invitation letter (these were also in Lule Sami and Southern Sami). The questionnaire could also be completed online (Norwegian only). The Centre for Sami Health Research used Statistics Norway to send out the questionnaires. Reminders (in Norwegian and Northern Sami, in Norwegian and Lule Sami and in Norwegian and Southern Sami) were sent twice to non-participants, at about six weeks and four months after the original invitation.

Municipalities Invited to Participate in Stage 1:

Finnmark:

Karasjok, Kautokeino, Porsanger, Tana, Nesseby, Lebesby, Alta, Loppa and Kvalsund, Sør-Varanger.

Troms:

Kåfjord, Kvænangen, Storfjord, Lyngen, Skånland and Lavangen

Nordland:

Tysfjord, Evenes, Hattfjelldal (Hattfjelldal district), Grane (Majavatn district), Narvik (Vassdalen district)

Nord-Trøndelag:

Røyrvik and parts of Namsskogan (Trones and Furuly) and Snåsa (Vinje)

Sør-Trøndelag:

Parts of Røros Municipality (Brekken) in Sør-Trøndelag.

Apart from Alta, all municipalities had fewer than 3000 inhabitants.

Participation in the SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey

	Men			Women			Total
Age	No. invited	No. of participants	%	No. invited	No. of participants	%	No. invited	No. of participants	%
18-19	966	100	10.4	844	173	20.5	1810	273	15.1
20-29	3987	426	10.7	3610	785	21.7	7597	1211	15.9
30-39	3778	680	18.0	3586	965	26.9	7364	1645	22.3
40-49	4876	1096	22.5	4586	1548	33.8	9462	2644	27.9
50-59	4592	1339	29.2	4236	1594	37.6	8828	2933	33.2
60-69	4366	1508	34.5	3818	1386	36.3	8184	2894	35.4
Total	22565	5149	22.8	20680	6451	31.2	43245	11600	26.8

Funding

The survey received research funding from:

The Northern Norway Regional Research Fund
The county councils of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark
Northern Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse Nord)
The Sami Parliament
Sámi Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Mental Health and Substance Use (SANKS)
The Ministry of Health and Care Services

None of the above have conflicts of interest in the study.

Data Controller (Databehandlingsansvarlig)

UiT The Arctic University of Norway is Data Controller.