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. 2010 Sep 27;10:83. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-83

Table 1.

Household response rates by sample type and area characteristics

Household response rates
Core a
%
Boost b
%
Significance
P-value
PCT spearhead status
Non-Spearhead 55 62 < 0.001
Spearhead 63 61 0.463
Location
Inner London PCTs 60 60 0.687
Outer London PCTs 57 62 0.001
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) (quintiles)
Least deprived (< 11.9) 52 62 0.001
2nd least deprived (11.9 to 19.2) 58 62 0.163
Middle quintile (19.3 to 27.7) 54 62 0.009
2nd most deprived (27.7 to 37.9) 65 59 0.037
Most deprived (> 37.9) 61 62 0.644
Proportion of minority ethnic population (quintiles)
Lowest density (< 12.1%) 56 59 0.253
2nd lowest density (12.1-19.0) 56 62 0.078
Middle quintile (19.1-27.2) 58 63 0.058
2nd highest density (27.2-39.6) 55 61 0.045
Highest density (> 39.6%) 63 61 0.515
Proportion of non-manual heads of households (quintiles)
Lowest density (< 53.0) 65 63 0.632
2nd lowest density - 53.0 to 61.8 60 59 0.870
Middle quintile - 61.9 to 69.7 57 59 0.535
2nd highest density - 69.8 to 78.0 54 64 0.001
Highest density (> 78.0) 53 61 0.007
All 58 61 0.005

a unweighted b weighted for selection