Table 1.
Reasons for sample attrition in 2004 and descriptive statistics for each group in 1999.
| Interview status in 2004 | Number in each category |
Mean health 1999 |
Mean income 1999 (£,000s) |
Mean age 1999 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | England & Wales | Scotland | England & Wales | Scotland | England & Wales | Scotland | England & Wales | |
| Males | ||||||||
| Full interview in 2004 | 892 (64.9%) | 3391 (70.5%) | 0.83 (0.12) | 0.83 (0.11) | 23.8 (24.1) | 24.5 (20.5) | 44.4 (16.6) | 44.6 (16.9) |
| Dead | 69 (5.0%) | 234 (4.9%) | 0.71 (0.17) | 0.70 (0.16) | 15.3 (11.2) | 16.4 (10.6) | 71.3 (12.5) | 71.0 (14.0) |
| Full interview in 2004 (no health data) | 12 (0.9%) | 44 (0.9%) | 0.81 (0.12) | 0.80 (0.15) | 29.9 (25.0) | 23.8 (18.6) | 47.3 (16.8) | 57.5 (19.7) |
| Proxy interview | 10 (0.7%) | 62 (1.3%) | 0.86 (0.12) | 0.79 (0.16) | 28.7 (17.7) | 22.3 (21.3) | 40.8 (11.6) | 44.6 (19.3) |
| Telephone interview | 74 (5.4%) | 169 (3.5%) | 0.81 (0.14) | 0.84 (0.11) | 23.3 (13.7) | 23.8 (14.6) | 43.7 (14.4) | 42.0 (17.1) |
| Refusal | 86 (6.3%) | 212 (4.4%) | 0.84 (0.11) | 0.82 (0.13) | 21.4 (13.7) | 20.0 (12.5) | 43.0 (18.5) | 41.0 (17.9) |
| Other non-interview | 12 (0.9%) | 41 (0.9%) | 0.87 (0.06) | 0.84 (0.13) | 24.4 (16.6) | 16.7 (9.1) | 28.8 (15.2) | 31.8 (13.6) |
| Age, infirmity or disability | 5 (0.4%) | 13 (0.3%) | 0.61 (0.19) | 0.67 (0.13) | 13.4 (4.1) | 13.2 (10.8) | 69.4 (9.9) | 72.0 (15.4) |
| Non-contact | 100 (7.3%) | 242 (5.0%) | 0.81 (0.13) | 0.82 (0.14) | 17.2 (13.3) | 21.0 (17.2) | 31.1 (13.2) | 32.7 (12.9) |
| Out-of-scope | 34 (2.5%) | 83 (1.7%) | 0.84 (0.10) | 0.86 (0.10) | 25.3 (16.8) | 26.8 (16.2) | 35.8 (13.6) | 35.9 (13.4) |
| Institutionalised | 3 (0.2%) | 10 (0.2%) | 0.77 (0.19) | 0.67 (0.11) | 14.5 (5.0) | 14.3 (12.3) | 57.0 (31.2) | 73.2 (8.2) |
| Isolated temporary sample member | 14 (1.0%) | 155 (3.2%) | 0.84 (0.11) | 0.82 (0.12) | 20.4 (19.8) | 31.2 (39.4) | 34.6 (10.6) | 34.3 (13.9) |
| Adamant refusal at previous wave | 61 (4.4%) | 145 (3.0%) | 0.85 (0.11) | 0.81 (0.15) | 24.1 (13.4) | 23.6 (18.1) | 44.7 (16.5) | 43.9 (18.6) |
| Long-term untraced or withdrawn | 3 (0.2%) | 8 (0.2%) | 0.88 (0.08) | 0.86 (0.03) | 12.9 (9.5) | 29.6 (15.7) | 42.0 (12.5) | 31.6 (7.3) |
| Total with health data in 1999 | 1375 | 4809 | ||||||
| Females | ||||||||
| Full interview in 2004 | 1129 (65.0%) | 4122 (73.6%) | 0.80 (0.13) | 0.79 (0.13) | 22.1 (23.9) | 22.5 (21.8) | 44.7 (17.1) | 45.5 (17.4) |
| Dead | 85 (4.9%) | 241 (4.3%) | 0.63 (0.16) | 0.64 (0.16) | 14.0 (12.0) | 14.1 (9.8) | 74.2 (12.5) | 75.5 (12.4) |
| Full interview in 2004 (no health data) | 6 (0.3%) | 49 (0.9%) | 0.82 (0.09) | 0.75 (0.16) | 16.2 (13.0) | 22.4 (12.5) | 61.3 (13.0) | 52.1 (15.9) |
| Proxy interview | 4 (0.2%) | 26 (0.5%) | 0.77 (0.10) | 0.77 (0.16) | 24.7 (12.2) | 17.6 (11.3) | 41.8 (26.0) | 53.1 (22.9) |
| Telephone interview | 79 (4.6%) | 211 (3.8%) | 0.79 (0.13) | 0.81 (0.12) | 20.0 (12.3) | 22.9 (21.5) | 46.8 (15.2) | 42.5 (15.6) |
| Refusal | 110 (6.3%) | 215 (3.8%) | 0.80 (0.14) | 0.79 (0.14) | 19.3 (12.3) | 19.2 (13.8) | 44.1 (18.8) | 42.1 (19.6) |
| Other non-interview | 23 (1.3%) | 39 (0.7%) | 0.79 (0.13) | 0.78 (0.13) | 23.9 (21.2) | 18.6 (13.1) | 38.0 (19.7) | 43.1 (20.8) |
| Age, infirmity or disability | 8 (0.5%) | 40 (0.7%) | 0.67 (0.18) | 0.66 (0.16) | 8.4 (4.4) | 12.1 (8.2) | 70.6 (12.0) | 79.4 (9.4) |
| Non-contact | 154 (8.9%) | 189 (3.4%) | 0.79 (0.13) | 0.79 (0.14) | 17.0 (13.6) | 17.8 (15.8) | 29.5 (10.8) | 33.0 (14.8) |
| Out-of-scope | 39 (2.2%) | 107 (1.9%) | 0.84 (0.14) | 0.83 (0.11) | 22.5 (15.4) | 26.4 (16.8) | 36.4 (15.2) | 34.8 (15.0) |
| Institutionalised | 2 (0.1%) | 10 (0.2%) | 0.75 (0.12) | 0.72 (0.13) | 9.2 (0.25) | 15.0 (13.3) | 77.5 (3.5) | 73.8 (19.7) |
| Isolated temporary sample member | 10 (0.6%) | 159 (2.8%) | 0.78 (0.13) | 0.79 (0.12) | 15.9 (9.3) | 24.3 (23.1) | 32.5 (12.8) | 33.8 (16.2) |
| Adamant refusal at previous wave | 84 (4.8%) | 183 (3.3%) | 0.82 (0.13) | 0.80 (0.14) | 24.6 (16.1) | 22.8 (21.0) | 44.2 (17.4) | 48.4 (19.3) |
| Long-term untraced or withdrawn | 3 (0.2%) | 7 (0.1%) | 0.88 (0.02) | 0.73 (0.14) | 11.4 (10.9) | 24.4 (20.8) | 39.3 (8.4) | 33 (14.7) |
| Total with health data in 1999 | 1736 | 5598 | ||||||
Un-weighted statistics. Standard deviations in brackets for health, income and age.