Table 2 Descriptive statistics of analytical sample
(N = 5,639) % /mean (SD) | |
|---|---|
Demographic backgrounds | |
Gender | |
Man | 45.4% |
Woman | 54.6% |
Ethnicity | |
White | 97.4% |
Ethnic minorities | 2.62% |
Partnership Status | |
Not Married/civil partnership | 33.9% |
Married/civil partnership | 66.1% |
Do they live alone? | |
Yes | 20.4% |
No | 79.6% |
Do they have children? | |
Yes | 72.7% |
No | 27.3% |
Socio-economic characteristics | |
Socioeconomic status (NS-SEC) | |
Managerial, administrative, and professional occupations | 45.9% |
Intermediate occupations | 20.4% |
Routine and manual occupations | 21.4% |
No economic activity/students/other | 12.3% |
Education level | |
No qualification | 18.5% |
Up to GCSE/O level or equivalent | 36.0% |
Up to A level/higher education or equivalent | 16.0% |
Degree or above | 29.5% |
Employment status | |
Employed | 95.5% |
Unemployed | 1.72% |
Retired/sick/caring/education/training/other | 2.80% |
Tenure | |
Owned | 79.7% |
Rented/other | 20.3% |
Health status | |
Limiting longstanding mental or physical illness | |
Yes | 27.1% |
No | 72.9% |
Self-reported health | |
Excellent | 23.7% |
Very Good | 38.7% |
Good | 25.0% |
Fair | 9.26% |
Poor | 3.28% |
Mental health problems (Malaise Inventory Score) | 1.76 (1.91) |
Outcome measures | |
SF-36 (All continuous domains range from 0–100) | |
Physical Functioning Score (PF) | 88.3 (20.7) |
Social Functioning Score (SF) | 86.7 (22.7) |
Bodily Pain Score (BP) | 79.0 (23.3) |
General Health Score (GH) | 68.3 (21.5) |
Energy/Fatigue Score (VT) | 57.7 (21.8) |
Emotional Wellbeing Score (MH) | 75.1 (18.9) |
Role limitations due to physical health (RP) | |
Yes | 22.3% |
No | 77.7% |
Role limitations due to emotional problems (RE) | |
Yes | 23.4% |
No | 76.6% |