Table 1.
Participant demographics and aggregated labour force survey estimates for ‘delivery drivers and couriers’
| No of participants (percentage, 95% binomial CI) |
Aggregated Quarterly labour force survey estimates for delivery drivers and couriers*16–21 November 2020–January 2022 No of participants (percentage) |
|
| Age group | N=170† | N=1785 |
| <18 | –‡ | 5 (0.3%) |
| 18–29 | 27 (15.9%, 10.74% to 22.26%) | 230 (12.9%) |
| 30–39 | 35 (20.6%,14.78% to 27.45%) | 245 (13.7%) |
| 40–49 | 46 (27.1%, 20.54% to 34.39%) | 338 (18.9%) |
| 50–59 | 50 (29.4%, 22.68% to 36.87%) | 530 (29.7%) |
| 60–69 | 12 (7.1%, 3.70% to 12.01%) | 384 (21.5%) |
| 70+ | 0 (0.0%, 0.00% to 2.15%) | 53 (3.0%) |
| Sex | N=170† | N=1785 |
| Female | 40 (23.5%, 17.37% to 30.63%) | 181 (10.1%) |
| Male | 128 (75.3%, 68.11% to 81.58%) | 1604 (89.9%) |
| Prefer not to say | 2 (1.2%, 0.14% to 4.19%) | – |
| Ethnicity | N=170 | N=1785 |
| White | 156 (91.8%, 86.57% to 95.42%) | 1648 (92.3%) |
| Mixed/multiple ethnic groups | 5 (2.9%, 0.96% to 6.73%) | 9 (0.5%) |
| Asian/Asian British | 5 (2.9%, 0.96% to 6.73%) | 88 (4.9%) |
| Black/African/Caribbean/Black British | 1 (0.6%, 0.01% to 3.23%) | 26 (1.5%) |
| Other ethnic groups | 0 (0.0%, 0.00% to 2.15%) | 14 (0.8%) |
| Prefer not to say | 3 (1.8%, 0.37% to 5.07%) | – |
| No response | 0.00 (0%, 0.00% to 2.15%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Nation | N=170† | N=1785 |
| England | 139 (81.8%, 75.13% to 87.26%) | 1491 (83.5%) |
| Northern Ireland | 3 (1.8%, 0.37% to 5.07%) | 79 (4.4%) |
| Scotland | 18 (10.6%, 6.40% to 16.22%) | 114 (6.4%) |
| Wales | 10 (5.9%, 2.86% to 10.55%) | 101 (5.7%) |
N is the number of participants who provided a response to the question.
*Main occupation of participant recorded as ‘delivery drivers and couriers’.
†Question required a response from the participant.
‡Age group did not meet study inclusion criteria.