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Table 1 Demographic comparison of study respondents with the 2001 census for Gloucestershire.

From: Communication, perception and behaviour during a natural disaster involving a 'Do Not Drink' and a subsequent 'Boil Water' notice: a postal questionnaire study

 

n

Study population % (LCI - UCI)

Census population %

Gender

   

male

62

40.0 (32.2 - 48.2)

48.8*

female

93

60.0 (51.8 - 67.8)

51.2*

Age

   

29/30 or youngera

10

6.3 (3.1 - 11.3)

16.7*

30/31 to 59/60b

83

52.5 (44.4 - 60.5)

42.4*

60/61 or olderc

65

41.1 (33.4 - 49.2)

22.4*

Ethnicity

   

white UK

150

96.8 (92.6 - 98.9)

95.6

white non-UK

3

1.9 (0.4 - 5.6)

1.6

non-white

2

1.3 (0.2 - 4.6)

2.8

Home ownership

   

sole/joint owner

138

87.3 (81.1 - 92.1)

74.3*

renting from council

13

8.2 (4.5 - 13.7)

8.5

renting privately

7

4.4 (1.8 - 8.9)

8.3

Occupation d

   

managers & senior officials

14

15.1 (8.5 - 24.0)

15.3

professional

24

25.8 (17.3 - 35.9)

10.9*

associate prof. & technical

12

12.9 (6.8 - 21.5)

13.8

admin & secretarial

21

22.6 (14.6 - 32.4)

13.6*

skilled trade

8

8.6 (3.8 - 16.2)

12.4

personal service

4

4.3 (1.2 - 10.6)

6.5

sales & customer service

4

4.3 (1.2 - 10.6)

7.1

process & machine operatives

4

4.3 (1.2 - 10.6)

8.9

elementary

2

2.2 (0.3 - 7.6)

11.5*

  1. a Comprises our categories 20 or younger and 21-30 with the census categories 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24 and 25-29.
  2. b Comprises our categories 31-40, 41-50 and 51-60 with the census categories 30-34, 35-39, 40-44,45-49, 50-54 and 55-59.
  3. c Comprises our categories 61-70 and 71 or older with the census categories 60-64, 65-69, 70-74,75-79, 80-84 and 85+.
  4. d Occupation data collected through an open-ended question was re-coded on a nine point Socio-Economic Scale adhering to the British Standard Occupational Classification 2000 [40] and using the Computer Assisted Structured Coding Tool [41].
  5. *Census population estimate falls outside 95% confidence interval of census population.