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. 2023 Jun 15;57(11):910–920. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaad025

Table 1.

Summary of Sociodemographic Data for Both Samples at Time 1, for the Sample Re-contacted at Time 2 and for the Scottish Adult Population

Sample 1 (Time 1) Sample 2 (Time 1) Time 2 Scottish adult populationa
N % N % N % %
Total 503 100 500 100 489 100 100
Age
Mean (SD) 51.8 (18.6) 52.5 (18.2) 53.5 (18.1)
Age
16–24 51 10.1 43 8.6 41 8.4 14.4
25–34 73 14.5 67 13.4 58 11.9 15.2
35–44 67 13.3 66 13.2 57 11.7 16.8
45–54 66 13.1 70 14.0 72 14.7 18.0
55–64 101 20.1 104 20.8 107 21.9 15.2
65+ 145 28.8 150 30.0 154 31.5 20.3
Gender
Male 193 38.4 199 39.8 207 42.3 47.9
Female 308 61.5 301 60.2 282 57.7 52.1
Missing 2 0.4
Ethnicity
White 476 94.6 484 96.8 479 98.0 96.0
Other group 17 3.4 10 2.0 9 1.8 4.0
Missing 10 2.0 6 1.2 1 0.2
SIMD
1 61 12.1 58 11.6 64 13.1 19.5
2 63 12.5 64 12.8 66 13.5 20.0
3 91 18.1 83 16.6 103 21.1 20.2
4 106 21.1 105 21.0 113 23.1 20.0
5 97 19.3 111 22.2 112 22.9 20.3
Missing 85 16.9 79 15.8 31 6.3