The many faces of local community: Exploring lay conceptualizations of the Norwegian lokalsamfunn

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Table 1. Study participants

	Urban	(mean age, years)	Rural	(mean age, years)	Total	(mean age, years)
Male	304	(47.6)	411	(51.2)	715	(49.7)
Female	303	(42.5)	360	(46.8)	663	(44.8)
Totals	607	(45.1)	771	(49.1)	1378	(47.3)

Table 2. Classification of responses: overarching themes

Overarching theme	Description	Totals
Geographical area	contains all generic and specific references to places and areas	1285
People	contains all generic and specific references to people	604
Local goods and services	contains all references to local goods and services, such as shops, schools, public services	237
Attachment	contains all references that express (to some degree) connectedness to a place and/or people	222
Activities and involvement	contains all generic and specific references to activities and community involvement	93