Identifying socio-demographic and socioeconomic determinants of health inequalities in a diverse London community: the South East London Community Health (SELCoH) study

Table 1 Comparisons of SELCoH sample with available UK census information

	2001 UK Census for the SELCoH study catchment area^a n (%)	SELCoH study sample n (%)
Total samples ^b	N = 511035	N = 1698
Gender
Female	260066 (50.9%)	959 (56.5%)
Male	250969 (49.1%)	739 (43.5%)
Ethnic group
White	320377 (62.7%)	1051 (63.4%)
Mixed ^c	22014 (4.3%)	---
Black-Caribbean	51694 (9.9%)	143 (8.7%)
Black-African	70186 (7.3%)	234 (13.2%)
Asian or Asian British	22105 (4.3%)	63 (3.5%)
Other	36593 (7.2%)	205 (11.2%)
Age groups
16-29	129290 (32.6%)	577 (34.0%)
30-59	200387 (50.5%)	876 (51.6%)
60+	66770 (16.8%)	244 (14.4%)
Economically active ^d	265546 (68.5%)	1125 (69.5%)
Economically inactive ^e	121919 (31.5%)	494 (30.5%)

^aSouth east London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark; data are provided by the UK Office for National Statistics
^bCensus sample are age16 to 74 years and SELCoH sample are age 16 to 90; Frequencies may not add up to 100% due to missing values; percentages are unweighted
^cMixed ethnicity not specified as a category in the SELCoH study and are included in the Other ethnic category
^dEconomically active includes: Full time work, Part time work, Casual work, Unemployed, and Working Students
^eEconomically inactive includes: Student, Permanent sick/disabled, Temporary sick, Retired, Looking after the home children

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