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. 2009 Dec 21;8(Suppl 1):S7. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-S1-S7

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics

Nested subset Main cohort
Characteristics n % n %
All 39 100.0 4070 100.0
Age <20 2 5.1 302 7.4
20-24 4 10.3 1088 26.7
25-29 13 33.3 1317 32.4
30-34 15 38.5 839 20.6
35-39 4 10.3 450 11.1
≥40 1 2.6 73 1.8
Missing data 1 0.02
Marital Status Married 31 79.5 2864 70.4
Single 8 20.5 1198 29.4
Missing data 8 0.2
Highest Educational Qualification None 4 10.3 698 17.1
O level/GCSE or A level 13 33.3 1389 34.1
Degree 14 35.9 827 20.3
Other (e.g. NVQ) 8 20.5 1094 26.9
Don't know 53 1.3
Missing data 9 0.2
Employment status Employed 20 51.3 1624 39.9
Unemployed 18 46.2 2258 55.5
Maternity/Sick leave 1 2.6 184 4.5
Missing data 4 0.1
Parity 0 14 35.9 1587 39.0
1 15 38.5 1198 29.4
2 7 17.9 657 16.1
3+ 3 7.7 528 13.0
Missing data 100 2.5
Household Income <£20,000 15 38.5 1876 46.1
£20,000-40,000 14 35.9 953 23.4
>£40,000 7 17.9 332 8.2
Don't know 3 7.7 846 20.8
Not stated/missing 63 1.4
Ethnicity White British 19 48.7 1573 38.6
White Other 1 2.6 96 2.4
Pakistani 15 38.5 1873 46.0
Indian 1 2.6 159 3.9
Bangladeshi 0 0.0 94 2.3
Any other Asian origin 0 0.0 40 1.0
Black or Black British 1 2.6 105 2.6
Mixed 0 0.0 67 1.6
All Other 2 5.1 59 1.4
Not stated/missing 4 0.1
Smoking Current smoker 4 10.3 562 13.8
Past smoker 8 20.5 612 15.0
Never smoker 27 69.2 2896 71.2