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Table 2 Changes in the proportion of people by socio-demographic characteristics between financial years 2017/18 to 2018/19, 2018/19 to 2019/20 and 2019/20 to 2020/21

From: Exploring the health and sociodemographic characteristics of people seeking advice with claiming universal credit: a cross-sectional analysis of UK citizens advice data, 2017–2021

 

Change between 2017/18 to 2018/19

 

Change between 2018/19 to 2019/20

 

Change between 2019/20 to 2020/21

Change

95% CI

 

Change

95% CI

 

Change

95% CI

(1)

(2)

 

(3)

(4)

 

(5)

(6)

Gender

        

Male

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

Female

3.34%

1.71–4.98%

 

-3.65%

-5.48% to -1.83%

 

1.07%

0.67–1.47%

Age Group

        

<25

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

25–34

2.28%

1.20–3.36%

 

2.45%

0.37–4.52%

 

-0.10%

-0.63–0.43%

35–44

3.53%

2.22–4.83%

 

4.19%

1.27–7.11%

 

-1.09%

-1.95% to -0.23%

45–54

1.68%

0.59–2.77%

 

1.64%

-0.55–3.84%

 

-1.93%

-2.94% to -0.92%

55–64

3.08%

1.58–4.59%

 

3.05%

0.77–5.34%

 

-2.05%

-3.12% to -0.98%

> 64

-1.14%

-3.84–1.56%

 

40.12%

26.56–53.68%

 

0.15%

-1.06–1.37%

Ethnicity

        

White

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

Black/Asian/Mixed

4.08%

0.68–7.49%

 

10.07%

3.82–16.32%

 

0.23%

-1.80–2.27%

Limiting Long-term Conditions

        

No

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

Yes

2.40%

1.31–3.50

 

-6.75%

-9.62% to -3.88%

 

-2.09%

-2.54% to -1.64%

Mental Health Conditions

        

No

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

Yes

-0.45%

-1.88–0.98%

 

0.27%

-1.01–1.55%

 

0.08%

-0.48–0.63%

Household Type

        

Without Dependent Children

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

With Dependent Children

5.51%

3.35%% to 7.66%

 

0.99%

0.01–1.98%

 

0.19%

-0.24–0.61%

Housing Tenure

        

Council Tenant

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

Owned/Mortgaged

3.55%

1.55–5.54%

 

1.30%

-1.09–3.69%

 

3.19%

1.66–4.73%

Private Tenant

1.51%

-0.35–3.36%

 

0.88%

-0.57–2.33%

 

1.17%

0.65–1.68%

Homeless

-0.27%

-3.28–2.74%

 

5.81%

1.20–10.42%

 

-1.23%

-1.88% to -0.57%

Employment Status

        

Unemployed

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

Employed PT

4.10%

1.71–6.48%

 

0.29%

-1.02–1.61%

 

0.28%

-0.22–0.77%

Employed FT

4.60%

1.22–7.97%

 

-1.21%

-2.39% to -0.04%

 

2.53%

1.50–3.56%

Self-Employed

5.64%

3.79–7.49%

 

2.37%

0.23–4.51%

 

2.26%

1.29–3.23%

Marital Status

        

Single

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

 

Reference

-

Married/Cohabiting

5.01%

3.24–6.78%

 

4.88%

2.47–7.29%

 

0.64%

0.38–0.91%

Divorced/ Separated

2.59%

-1.25–3.94%

 

-1.51%

-2.79% to -0.24

 

-0.78%

-1.14% to -0.41%

Widowed

3.01%

0.71–5.31%

 

-0.81%

-2.15–5.24%

 

-0.82%

-1.19% to -0.45%

  1. Note: This table shows the socio-demographic changes in the cohort of UC claimants who seek advice from CA by year. For example, in column (1), the change of 3.34% in female means, compared to men, the number of women claimants who seek advice from CA has increased by 3.34% from 2017/18 to 2018/19.