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Table 1 Characteristics of the Sample

From: Epidemiology of the extent of recreational noise exposure and hearing protection use: cross-sectional survey in a nationally representative UK adult population sample

Variable

%

M

SD

Gender

 Men, n = 5007

48.1

 Women, n = 5305

51.0

Age

47.41 years

1.48 years

18–35 years

31.3

  

36–65 years

49.4

  

66–93 years

19.3

  

Socioeconomic Status

 Non-manual, n = 5367

51.6

 Manual, n = 5034

48.4

Ethnicity

 White, n = 9764

93.9

 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic/Prefer not to say, n = 637

6.1

Personal Hearing Difficulty

 Yes, n = 2510

24.1

  

 No, n = 7891

75.9

  

Family Hearing Difficulty

 Yes, n = 3390

32.6

  

 No, n = 7011

67.4

  

Genetic Causal Beliefs (1 = not at all; 4 = a lot)

 

2.43

0.96

Behavioral Causal Beliefs (1 = not at all; 4 = a lot)

 

1.70

0.83

Extent of Recreational Noise Exposure in the Last 12 Months (Median = “Once every couple of months”)

 

2.90

1.70

Hearing Protection Use (Median = 20% of occasions exposed)

 

1.90

2.25

  1. Note. Values that do not add up to N = 10,401 indicate that participants ‘preferred not to say’