According to a survey among Norwegian teenagers, the wish to change the personal appearance through cosmetic surgery, diet pills etc. was generally higher for female than for male respondents. In fact, six percent of girls stated to totally agree that they would like to change their appeareance through a cosmetic surgery or by taking diet pills etc., while only three percent of boys answered the same.
Do you agree that you would like to change your appearance through surgery, doping, diet pills, or similar?
The original statement was phrased by the source as follows: "Jeg kan tenke meg å endre utseendet gjennom operasjon/doping/slankepiller/ol."
The source adds the following survey details: 14 schools participated in the survey. The schools represented the counties Nordland, Trøndelag, Møre and Romsdal, Hordaland, Rogaland, Oslo, Buskerud and Østfold.
*The number of respondents was as follows:
women: n=1,025,
men n=844,
other (not included in the survey) n=29,
12-13 years n=517,
14-15 years n=523,
16-17 years n=601,
18 years and older n=34,
unknown age n=223
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