Table 3.
Numbers (percentages) of respondents reporting any problem, by age group and social class (based on respondent’s own current or most recent occupation as classified by registrar general)
| EuroQoL dimension | Age group (years)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | ⩾80 | |
| Mobility | |||||||
| Social class: | |||||||
| I and II | 6 (3.6) | 18 (7.6) | 15 (7.6) | 17 (14.3) | 42 (28.4) | 24 (29.6) | 11 (47.8) |
| III | 12 (4.4) | 21 (7.3) | 26 (11.8) | 47 (23.5) | 56 (26.7) | 80 (39.8) | 36 (57.1) |
| IV and V | 11 (7.7) | 9 (6.3) | 15 (12.4) | 36 (26.5) | 40 (36.7) | 52 (46.4) | 28 (59.6) |
| Self care | |||||||
| Social class: | |||||||
| I and II | 1 (0.6) | 4 (1.7) | 7 (3.5) | 5 (4.2) | 7 (4.8) | 3 (3.7) | 3 (13.0) |
| III | 2 (0.7) | 4 (1.4) | 10 (4.5) | 10 (5.0) | 12 (5.7) | 17 (8.5) | 7 (11.8) |
| IV and V | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | 6 (5.0) | 9 (6.7) | 7 (6.4) | 10 (8.9) | 11 (23.4) |
| Usual activities | |||||||
| Social class: | |||||||
| I and II | 11 (6.5) | 16 (6.8) | 19 (9.6) | 17 (14.3) | 37 (25.0) | 19 (23.5) | 8 (34.8) |
| III | 16 (5.9) | 20 (7.0) | 23 (10.4) | 45 (22.5) | 46 (21.9) | 54 (26.9) | 28 (44.4) |
| IV and V | 13 (9.1) | 18 (12.6) | 16 (13.2) | 38 (27.9) | 32 (29.6) | 32 (28.6) | 21 (44.7) |
| Pain/discomfort | |||||||
| Social class: | |||||||
| I and II | 24 (14.3) | 39 (16.5) | 38 (19.2) | 33 (27.7) | 62 (41.9) | 36 (44.4) | 9 (39.1) |
| III | 42 (15.6) | 45 (15.7) | 69 (31.4) | 98 (49.0) | 93 (44.3) | 111 (55.2) | 43 (68.3) |
| IV and V | 26 (18.2) | 41 (28.7) | 33 (27.3) | 69 (50.7) | 62 (56.9) | 77 (68.8) | 29 (61.7) |
| Anxiety/depression | |||||||
| Social class: | |||||||
| I and II | 15 (8.9) | 37 (15.6) | 31 (15.7) | 25 (21.0) | 28 (18.9) | 14 (17.3) | 6 (26.1) |
| III | 36 (13.3) | 47 (16.4) | 41 (18.6) | 59 (29.4) | 58 (27.6) | 55 (27.4) | 13 (20.6) |
| IV and V | 25 (17.5) | 33 (23.1) | 29 (24.0) | 39 (28.7) | 45 (41.3) | 31 (27.7) | 14 (29.8) |