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Table 4 Refusal reasons explored by gender, age and deprivation

From: Exploring patterns of response across the lifespan: the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study

 

Active

Passive

Ill

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

Gender

 Men

1370

63.9

66

3.1

707

33.0

 Women

1638

58.8

98

3.5

1049

37.7

Age Group (years)

 18–27

350

67.8

18

3.5

148

28.7

 28–37

561

75.3

15

2.0

169

22.7

 38–47

469

79.5

15

2.5

106

18.0

 48–57

246

82.3

11

3.7

42

14.1

 58–67

291

78.0

5

1.3

77

20.6

 68–77

361

66.2

19

3.5

165

30.3

 78–87

587

44.4

43

3.3

693

52.4

 88+

143

26.6

38

7.1

356

66.3

Townsend Deprivation Index

 Quintile 1 (Least deprived)

579

62.6

25

2.7

321

34.7

 Quintile 2

585

62.0

40

4.2

319

33.8

 Quintile 3

591

62.9

34

3.6

314

33.4

 Quintile 4

562

55.7

31

3.1

416

41.2

 Quintile 5 (Most deprived)

691

62.2

34

3.1

386

34.7