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Table 1 Participant characteristics for the complete sample and by level of social cohesion

From: Social cohesion, mental wellbeing and health-related quality of life among a cohort of social housing residents in Cornwall: a cross sectional study

  

Complete (n-305)a

Social cohesionb

Low (n = 20)a

Medium (n = 212)a

High (n = 73)a

pc

Age

Years

54.1 ± 17.6

55.7 ± 19.8

53.6 ± 17.4

55.0 ± 17.8

0.78

Gender

Male

31.2%

20.0%

35.4%

21.9%

0.05

Female

68.9%

80.0%

64.6%

78.1%

 

Ethnicity

White

97.5%

100.0%

97.6%

96.6%

0.77

Other

2.5%

0.0%

2.4%

3.4%

 

National identity

Cornish

47.5%

55.0%

49.5%

39.7%

0.41

British

35.4%

35.0%

32.6%

43.8%

 

Other

17.1%

10.0%

17.9%

16.4%

 

IMD 2015

ranking

4446 (964–8548)

4518.5 (1048.5–10,826)

4446 (964–8548)

1512 (964–8548)

0.58

1st decile (most)

49.2%

40.0%

48.6%

53.4%

0.84

2nd decile

15.4%

15.0%

16.0%

13.7%

 

3rd decile

12.5%

10.0%

12.3%

13.7%

 

4th decile

23.0%

35.0%

23.1%

19.2%

 

5th decile

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

 

6th decile

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

 

7th decile

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

 

8th decile

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

 

9th decile

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

 

10th decile (least)

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

 

RUC 2011

Urban city and town

93.1%

85.0%

94.8%

90.4%

0.15

Other

6.9%

15.0%

5.2%

9.6%

 

Education

Secondary and/or primary

66.2%

60.0%

65.6%

69.9%

0.31

Further

28.5%

40.0%

29.7%

21.9%

 

Higher

5.3%

0.0%

4.7%

8.2%

 

Employment

In work

19.7%

10.0%

20.3%

20.6%

0.57

Education or training

2.3%

0.0%

2.4%

2.7%

 

Retired

33.4%

30.0%

31.6%

39.7%

 

Not in work

44.6%

60.0%

45.8%

37.0%

 

Household size

1

39.6%

50.0%

41.5%

31.5%

0.26

2

30.5%

45.0%

27.4%

35.6%

 

3

14.4%

0.0%

15.1%

16.4%

 

4

10.5%

0.0%

11.3%

11.0%

 

5+

4.9%

5.0%

4.7%

5.5%

 

Duration of residence

< 1 year

13.3%

12.5%

14.7%

9.8%

0.05

1–3 years

25.4%

6.25%

25.2%

31.2%

 

4–6 years

23.8%

56.3%

19.0%

27.9%

 

7–9 years

9.6%

12.5%

9.8%

8.2%

 

≥10 years

27.9%

12.5%

31.3%

23.0%

 

Social cohesion

 

26.9 ± 6.5

13.1 ± 2.6

25.4 ± 4.0

34.8 ± 2.4

–

Mental wellbeing (SWEMWBS)

24.1 ± 5.2

20.5 ± 5.1

23.9 ± 5.1

25.8 ± 4.9

< 0.01

Physical HRQoL (SF-12v2 PCS)

41.7 (28.6–53.4)

40.9 (26.5–50.7)

41.7 (29.0–53.6)

41.2 (27.8–54.3)

0.70

Mental HRQoL (SF-12v2 MCS)

52.3 (39.0–58.4)

39.3 (28.9–54.9)

52.2 (41.0–58.2)

52.5 (38.9–59.7)

0.12

  1. HRQoL Health-Related Quality of Life, IMD 2015 Index of Multiple Deprivation [41], MCS Mental component summary of SF-12v2 Health Survey, PCS Physical component summary of SF-12v2 Health Survey, RUC 2011 Rural Urban Classification 2011 [40], SWEMWBS Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale [32], SF-12v2 SF-12v2 Health Survey [38, 39]
  2. a Values present as mean ± standard deviation where data were normally distributed, median (interquartile range) when data were skewed and percentages for categorical data
  3. b Cut points for social cohesion copied from White et al. [20] with low = 0–16; medium = 17–31; high = 32–40
  4. cTests comparing level of social cohesion groups using one way ANOVA, chi-squared or Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank tests
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