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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Experience of clinical services shapes attitudes to mental health data sharing: findings from a UK-wide survey

 

All participants

Experience of mental illness (ever)

Yes

No

Prefer not to say

Total, n

2187

1087 (65.09%)

529 (31.68%)

54 (3.23%)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

514 (31.28%)

314 (29.51%)

187 (35.82%)

12 (22.64%)

 Female

1094 (66.59%)

721 (67.76%)

334 (63.98%)

36 (67.92%)

 Non-binary or prefer to self-describe

19 (1.16%)

18 (1.69%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (1.89%)

 Prefer not to say

16 (0.97%)

11 (1.03%)

1 (0.19%)

4 (7.55%)

Location, n (%)

 England

1050 (63.99%)

695 (65.38%)

316 (60.77%)

36 (67.92%)

 Scotland

490 (29.86%)

300 (28.22%)

174 (33.46%)

14 (26.42%)

 Wales

65 (3.96%)

49 (4.61%)

15 (2.88%)

1 (1.89%)

 Northern Ireland

19 (1.16%)

10 (0.94%)

9 (1.73%)

0 (0.00%)

 Outside UK

17 (1.04%)

9 (0.85%)

6 (1.15%)

2 (3.77%)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 White

1438 (88.38%)

961 (91.26%)

431 (83.37%)

41 (80.39%)

 Asian/Asian British

92 (5.65%)

38 (3.61%)

51 (9.86%)

3 (5.88%)

 Black/African/Caribbean/Black British

53 (3.26%)

24 (2.28%)

26 (5.03%)

2 (3.92%)

 Mixed/multiple ethnic groups

32 (1.97%)

21 (1.99%)

7 (1.35%)

4 (7.84%)

 Other

12 (0.74%)

9 (0.85%)

2 (0.39%)

1 (1.96%)

Highest education, n (%)

 Postgraduate degree or professional qualification

587 (36.01%)

383 (36.23%)

181 (34.94%)

21 (42.00%)

 Undergraduate degree

390 (23.93%)

260 (24.60%)

122 (23.55%)

8 (16.00%)

 Vocational or college qualification

246 (15.09%)

147 (13.91%)

91 (17.57%)

6 (12.00%)

 A-levels or equivalent

189 (11.60%)

121 (11.45%)

62 (11.97%)

5 (10.00%)

 GCSEs or equivalent

200 (12.27%)

135 (12.77%)

55 (10.62%)

10 (20.00%)

 Primary school

18 (1.10%)

11 (1.04%)

7 (1.35%)

0 (0.00%)

Experience of physical disability or long-term physical illness (ever), n (%)

 Yes

871 (52.56%)

598 (55.84%)

244 (46.21%)

27 (50.94%)

 No

774 (46.71%)

468 (43.70%)

283 (53.60%)

20 (37.74%)

 Prefer not to say

12 (0.72%)

5 (0.47%)

1 (0.19%)

6 (11.32%)

 Age (years), mean (SD)

45.58 (17.38)

44.44 (17.03)

48.26 (17.74)

42.14 (18.18)