Table 2. Participant characteristics.

	Whole sample (n = 274)		Black British (n = 63)		White (n = 88)		East Asian (n = 55)		South Asian (n = 68)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	136	49.6	28	44.4	43	48.9	24	43.6	41	60.3
Female	137	50.0	35	55.6	44	50.0	31	56.4	27	39.7
Non-binary	1	0.4	0	0	1	1.1	0	0	0	0
Highest education
No formal education qualification	1	0.4	0	0.0	1	1.1	0	0	0	0
GCSEs or O levels or similar	23	8.4	3	4.8	17	19.3	1	1.8	2	2.9
A levels or similar	48	17.5	12	19.0	22	25.0	3	5.5	11	16.2
Degree or similar	124	45.3	24	38.1	30	34.1	27	49.1	43	63.2
Postgraduate degree	75	27.4	23	36.5	16	18.2	24	43.6	12	17.6
Other	3	1.1	1	1.6	2	2.3	0	0.0	0	0
Self-rated health
Excellent	33	12.0	13	20.6	4	4.5	4	7.3	12	17.6
Very good	93	33.9	20	31.7	27	30.7	24	43.6	22	32.4
Good	99	36.1	26	41.3	30	34.1	18	32.7	25	36.8
Fair	40	14.6	3	4.8	22	25.0	7	12.7	8	11.8
Poor	9	3.3	1	1.6	5	5.7	2	3.6	1	1.5
Osteoarthritis experience
Has osteoarthritis	16	5.8	2	3.2	12	13.6	0	0.0	2	2.9
Is a carer for someone with osteoarthritis	21	7.7	4	6.3	3	3.4	6	10.9	8	11.8