Table 2 Relationship between mental wellbeing and demographic, economic, health and behavioural factors stratified by deprivation tertile

All

5280

21.0

60.8

18.1

5589

17.4

61.4

21.2

4342

12.8

64.6

22.6

***

Age

18-24

473

16.7

67.2

16.1

***

375

14.7

63.2

22.1

***

176

10.8

65.3

23.9

0.191

0.052

25-39

1271

20.1

58.1

21.8

1050

13.2

62.4

24.4

630

14.0

60.3

25.7

***

40-54

1180

24.3

58.8

16.9

1170

19.1

60.9

20.0

912

11.7

65.9

22.4

***

55-64

804

21.9

60.9

17.2

935

19.3

57.5

23.2

814

12.7

63.3

24.1

***

65 plus

1552

20.2

62.5

17.3

2059

18.2

62.6

19.2

1810

13.1

66.1

20.8

***

Gender

Female

3160

20.8

61.1

18.1

0.821

3335

17.3

61.8

20.9

0.741

2689

13.6

63.8

22.6

0.109

***

Male

2120

21.4

60.3

18.3

2254

17.6

60.8

21.7

1653

11.4

66.0

22.6

***

Employment

Employed

1562

14.1

62.4

23.4

***

2099

13.6

62.5

23.9

***

1687

9.8

64.9

25.3

***

**

Unemployed

1134

33.2

53.2

13.7

651

29.0

56.4

14.6

272

23.5

58.8

17.6

FT Education

111

16.2

60.4

23.4

97

10.3

58.8

30.9

45

6.7

60.0

33.3

0.346

Domestic/other

628

18.3

64.3

17.4

363

19.3

60.9

19.8

230

16.1

63.0

20.9

0.615

Retired

1845

20.7

63.0

16.4

2379

17.6

62.0

20.5

2108

13.5

65.5

21.0

***

Partner status

No Partner

2466

25.5

59.9

14.5

***

2162

23.0

59.1

17.9

***

1346

18.0

62.8

19.2

***

***

Partner employed

1244

14.4

62.6

23.0

1755

12.3

62.7

25.0

1562

9.7

65.4

24.9

**

Partner not employed

1570

19.2

60.8

20.0

1672

15.5

62.9

21.6

1434

11.2

65.6

23.2

***

Ethnicity

White

4665

22.1

60.7

17.2

***

5353

17.4

61.6

20.9

0.106

4212

12.8

64.6

22.5

0.750

***

South Asian

427

12.2

59.0

28.8

162

16.0

54.3

29.6

90

8.9

64.4

26.7

0.436

Black, mixed, other

188

15.4

68.1

16.5

74

17.6

58.1

24.3

40

12.5

67.5

20.0

0.554

Health status

Very good

1175

8.7

60.8

30.6

***

1433

7.8

57.6

34.6

***

1297

5.9

64.2

29.9

***

**

Good

1890

16.4

66.3

17.2

2170

14.6

66.0

19.4

1751

10.5

65.7

23.8

***

Fair

1455

26.7

59.1

14.2

1423

24.0

61.3

14.7

1010

20.8

64.4

14.9

Bad

599

38.6

53.1

8.3

450

34.7

54.2

11.1

231

27.3

62.8

10.0

Very bad

161

49.7

40.4

9.9

113

41.6

48.7

9.7

53

39.6

54.7

5.7

0.351

Smoking status

Never smoked

2158

19.6

60.8

19.6

***

2658

17.2

60.5

22.2

***

2449

12.0

63.0

25.0

***

***

Ex occasional

257

18.3

68.1

13.6

267

22.1

62.2

15.7

191

13.1

71.2

15.7

0.142

Ex daily

794

17.6

64.4

18.0

1138

13.8

67.0

19.2

872

11.0

68.9

20.1

**

Occasional

131

16.8

60.3

22.9

140

17.1

58.6

24.3

95

15.8

71.6

12.6

0.206

Daily

1940

24.7

58.5

16.8

1386

19.8

58.4

21.7

735

16.9

62.4

20.7

***

Exercise days/week

6 to 7

941

12.0

56.7

31.2

***

1290

10.4

57.4

32.2

***

965

8.9

56.1

35.0

***

0.145

3 to 5

1138

14.6

65.1

20.3

1388

12.2

63.0

24.9

1103

8.2

66.1

25.7

***

1 to 2

785

20.9

63.7

15.4

965

17.8

66.5

15.6

842

13.8

68.8

17.5

**

None

2416

27.6

59.4

12.9

1946

25.6

60.3

14.1

1432

18.3

66.9

14.8

***

Alcohol consumption category

Lower risk

1433

16.8

63.4

19.7

***

2051

13.0

63.8

23.2

***

1890

10.6

66.6

22.8

**

***

Abstainer

2884

22.2

59.8

17.9

2435

19.7

59.2

21.1

1662

14.9

62.3

22.8

***

Not usual drinker

395

21.0

60.3

18.7

467

22.3

62.7

15.0

301

15.9

60.8

23.3

Increasing risk

417

23.7

61.4

14.9

518

18.5

60.8

20.7

418

10.5

69.1

20.3

***

Higher risk

151

31.1

54.3

14.6

118

22.0

60.2

17.8

71

18.3

57.7

23.9

0.152