Table 2.

Sample profile

	Adult			Child			Mental Health
Profile variable	6 months (1338)	18 months (1117)	3 years (901)	6 months (558)	18 months (477)	3 years (373)	6 months (442)	18 months (365)	3 years (300)
	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean
Age†	27.4	28.5	29.8	24.8	25.8	27.3	30.1	31.1	32.8
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Female	93.4	94.1	94.4	95.2	85.2	94.9	70.0	72.7	75.0
Ethnic Group
White British	87.1	88.8	90.0	91.6	93.1	92.8	80.6	83.4	86.4
White Irish	5.4	4.2	3.3	2.3	1.7	1.6	5.7	4.8	3.7
Other White	2.9	2.9	2.2	2.5	2.3	2.4	3.7	3.9	3.4
Asian, Black, Chinese	4.1	3.4	3.6	2.9	2.1	2.1	9.6	7.4	6.2
Highest Educational Qualification
Degree	4.5	4.6	4.8	3.1	2.5	2.1	15.9	14.9	16.0
Sufficient for degree entry	24.9	26.1	27.4	32.6	32.1	34.9	22.8	23.3	23.3
Not sufficient for degree entry	41.3	41.6	42.8	44.3	44.4	41.6	34.4	37.0	37.0
Access course/DC test	18.6	17.5	15.6	8.2	8.6	9.9	18.7	18.3	17.4
Other	10.7	10.2	9.5	11.8	12.4	11.5	8.3	6.6	6.3
Children living with respondent†	22.4	28.0	33.2	10.6	13.6	18.5	28.5	32.7	37.5
Spouse or Partner†	68.7	72.8	77.6	59.8	68.1	71.1	65.6	74.0	76.1
Region†
London	12.1	9.5	8.8	26.0	25.0	24.9	15.3	14.5	12.1
South East	18.4	17.5	14.7	17.1	14.3	12.6	21.0	18.6	18.5
South West	9.5	9.1	9.8	5.7	6.5	7.2	9.0	10.4	9.6
West Midlands	8.8	8.8	8.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	8.4	10.3	10.2
Eastern	10.2	10.6	10.4	5.3	6.5	7.5	9.8	9.1	10.6
Trent	9.5	9.4	9.5	6.3	7.6	8.0	8.8	8.0	7.3
North West	14.9	13.3	13.8	15.5	13.4	11.5	10.3	9.5	9.1
Northern & Yorkshire	15.4	14.7	13.6	10.9	10.5	8.9	15.7	15.9	15.0
Other/Not Nursing	1.3	7.3	11.2	1.1	4.2	7.2	1.7	3.8	7.6
Nursing grade†
D or Lower	99.6	73.2	38.0	99.5	59.5	20.4	93.7	23.8	8.6
E	0.1	11.0	40.0	0.2	31.9	57.4	3.7	63.5	50.0
F or higher	0.0	0.7	3.3	0.0	0.4	5.1	0.0	3.6	24.5
Other/Not Nursing	0.3	15.2	18.6	0.4	8.2	17.2	2.6	9.0	16.9
	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean
Number of nursing posts†	n/a	1.6	2.4	n/a	1.6	2.4	n/a	2.1	2.9
Time in current nursing job†	5.5	10.2	11.2	5.6	10.3	10.3	5.3	8.7	12.2

† time varying variable