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Table 1 Demographic information for survey respondents and interview participants

From: Exploring the impact of shielding advice on the wellbeing of individuals identified as clinically extremely vulnerable amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods evaluation

Characteristic

Survey respondents

Interview participants

n

%

n

%

Gender (number of responses to question)

203

99.5

  

 Male

86

42.4

6

46

 Female

117

57.6

7

54

Age (number of responses to question)

203

99.5

  

 25 to 44

18

8.9

3

23

 45 to 69

75

36.9

4

31

 69 + 

110

54.2

6

46

Ethnic group (number of responses to question)

203

99.5

  

 White-British

191

94.1

13

100

 Mixed

4

2.0

0

0

 White-other

2

1.0

0

0

 Asian

2

1.0

0

0

 Black or Black British

1

0.5

0

0

 African

1

0.5

0

0

 Chinese

1

0.5

0

0

 Other

1

0.5

0

0

Current employment status (number of responses to question)

200

98.0

  

 Retired

128

64.0

8

62

 Working full time

22

11.0

2

15

 Usually working full time, currently on leave/ furloughed

4

2.0

0

0

 Working part-time

16

8.0

2

15

 Usually working part-time, currently on leave/ furloughed

3

1.5

0

0

 Stay at home parent or homemaker

4

2.0

1

8

 Unemployed

7

3.5

0

0

 Other

16

8.0

0

0

Household composition (number of responses to question)

200

98.0

  

 Live with family

141

70.5

8

62

 Live alone

57

28.5

5

38

 Share with non-family members

2

1.0

0

0

Access to outside space at home (garden, yard, balcony or terrace) (number of responses to question)

202

99.0

  

 Yes

195

96.5

12

92

 No

7

3.5

1

8