Comparison of samples R1 R2 R3 R4
Period Nov. 2018 April 2021 Nov. 2021 May 2022
Main recruitment Intercept method on board and at stations using tablets, with the option to answer later on own device Commercial E-mail register from a postal service, invitations by email Mobile register from commercial provider, SMS invitations Recruited from respondents that left their contact info (mobile number or email address) in R3 (and R2).
Nr. of completed questionnaires 680 475 9701 2912
Female share 54.4% 55.2% 51.0% 51.7%
Age distribution
(under 30, 30-60, over 60 years)
35.6%, 54.6%, 9.4% 21.1%, 66.5%, 12.4% 6.8%, 54.1%, 39.1% 2.6%, 49.7%, 47.7%
Mode shares
(train, metro, tram, bus)
22.8%, 25.0%,
19.6%, 32.6%
21.9%, 25.5%,
10.7%, 41.9%
23.8%, 29.0%,
9.6%, 37.5%
22.3%, 29.1%,
10.2%, 38.4%
Share using mask in PT N.A. 96.6% 33.9% 19.1%
Share agreeing that they are worried about infection in PT N.A. 33.7% 33.6% 17.2%
Share being vaccinated N.A. 25.5% 98.3% 98.6%
Context of the COVID pandemic in Norway Pre-COVID Mild lock-down in Oslo; several national measures; initial vaccination campaign No lockdown but some local measures reintroduced after increases in infection and rumors of omicron variant Post-COVID: all measures were removed already in February 2022