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Table 1 Demographic information of sample on selected variables

From: Heat protection behaviour in the UK: results of an online survey after the 2013 heatwave

Variable

Statistic Total N (%)

UK population (%)

Age:

Mean: 54.37, SD = 18.82

Mean: 45.00, SD = 27.27

18-25

160 (10.7%)

10.6%

26-60

743 (49.7%)

46.3%

61-75

405 (27.1%)

14.5%

76+

187 (12.5%)

7.3%

Sex:

  

Female

754 (50.5 %)

50.8 %

Male

735 (49.3 %)

49.2 %

Ethnicity:

  

White

1407 (94.4 %)

86.0 %

Non White

83 (5.6 %)

14.0 %

Highest level of Education:

  

GCSE/O level/vocational level 2, Level 1 and below or no qualification

492 (32.9 %)

51.2 %

A level/vocational level 3

304 (20.3 %)

12.3 %

Higher Education

660 (44.1 %)

27.2 %

Other, including foreign

38 (2.5 %)

5.7 %

Regional location

  

East and Midlands

533 (36.6 %)

25.3 %

London

172 (11.8 %)

12.9 %

North

266 (18.3 %)

23.6 %

South

343 (23.6 %)

22.0 %

Scotland

68 (4.7 %)

8.4 %

Wales

58 (4.0 %)

4.8 %

Northern Ireland

16 (1.1 %)

2.9 %

Annual pre-tax household income:

< £15,000

288 (20.1 %)

20.2 %

£15,000 - £29,999

528 (36.9 %)

32.2 %

£30,000 - £49,999

387 (27.0 %)

24.2 %

> £50,000

229 (16.0 %)

23.4 %