Table 3 Distribution of self-reported health outcomes during the first lockdown, overall and by categories of predictors
Worsening of mental health N (%) | Worsening of physical health N (%) | Worsening of SRH N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 468 (20.8) | 635 (27.4) | 396 (17.0) |
SEP | |||
Managing financially (2019) | |||
Comfortably | 190 (15.5) | 267 (21.3) | 167 (13.2) |
Doing alright | 178 (24.1) | 240 (31.6) | 159 (20.7) |
Just about/struggling | 100 (35.2) | 127 (43.2) | 68 (22.9) |
Educational qualification (baseline) | |||
No qualification/school only | 120 (21.8) | 160 (28.1) | 100 (17.3) |
Vocational training certificate | 111 (20.4) | 160 (28.3) | 99 (17.5) |
University degree/higher | 237 (20.5) | 315 (26.7) | 197 (16.6) |
Social class (2017–2018) | |||
Managers, directors and senior officials | 30 (21.4) | 33 (23.6) | 18 (12.7) |
Professional occupations | 62 (20.9) | 83 (27.6) | 66 (21.6) |
Associate professional and technical occupations | 49 (28.5) | 47 (27.5) | 38 (22.1) |
Admin and secretarial occupations | 49 (23.6) | 57 (26.9) | 45 (21.2) |
Skilled trades occupations | 11 (11.8) | 17 (18.1) | 13 (13.7) |
Caring, leisure and other service occupations | 19 (22.9) | 24 (28.2) | 17 (19.5) |
Sales and customer service occupations | 10 (20.4) | 22 (43.1) | 13 (25.5) |
Process, plant and machine operatives | 9 (14.3) | 20 (30.8) | 8 (12.3) |
Elementary occupations | 9 (18.8) | 14 (29.2) | 7 (14.6) |
Housing tenure (baseline) | |||
Owned outright | 252 (18.3) | 360 (25.5) | 227 (15.9) |
Owned with mortgage | 171 (23.7) | 210 (28.5) | 133 (18.0) |
Rented/rented free | 33 (26.8) | 54 (41.2) | 31 (23.5) |
Changes in employment during the first lockdown | |||
Already retired pre-lockdown | 228 (19.8) | 331 (27.3) | 194 (15.8) |
Working in the same place | 79 (18.0) | 111 (25.3) | 57 (12.8) |
Working from home | 99 (23.1) | 123 (28.7) | 90 (20.9) |
Not working – furloughed | 26 (25.5) | 28 (26.7) | 21 (20.0) |
Not working – other reasons | 36 (27.9) | 42 (32.3) | 34 (26.0) |