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Table 1 Sample selection

From: The prisoner as patient - a health services satisfaction survey

 

N

%

Total number of inmates

1,955

100

   - Not present at the time of the survey

131

7

Present at the time of the survey

1,824

93

   - Participated in the survey at another prison

31

2

   - Unable to read/write Norwegian, English or German

93

5

   - Reading/writing disabilities

5

0

   - Solitary confinement or ill at the day of survey

48

3

   - Previously arranged visits (lawyers, doctors/therapists, or family members)

28

1

Available at the time of the survey

1,619

83

   - Refused to participate

123

6

   - No record of reason for non-participation

42

2

Respondents

1,454

74

   - no prison health service experience

304

16

Study sample

1,150

59