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. 2012 Jul 2;12:492. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-492

Table 2.

Relationship between mental wellbeing and demographic, economic, health and behavioural factors stratified by deprivation tertile

Tertile Level
Deprived
Middle
Affluent
P2
Mental wellbeing n Low Moderate High P n Low Moderate High P n Low Moderate High P
All
5280
21.0
60.8
18.1

5589
17.4
61.4
21.2

4342
12.8
64.6
22.6

***
Age
18-24
473
16.7
67.2
16.1
***
375
14.7
63.2
22.1
***
176
10.8
65.3
23.9
0.191
0.052
25-39
1271
20.1
58.1
21.8

1050
13.2
62.4
24.4

630
14.0
60.3
25.7

***
40-54
1180
24.3
58.8
16.9

1170
19.1
60.9
20.0

912
11.7
65.9
22.4

***
55-64
804
21.9
60.9
17.2

935
19.3
57.5
23.2

814
12.7
63.3
24.1

***
65 plus
1552
20.2
62.5
17.3

2059
18.2
62.6
19.2

1810
13.1
66.1
20.8

***
Gender
Female
3160
20.8
61.1
18.1
0.821
3335
17.3
61.8
20.9
0.741
2689
13.6
63.8
22.6
0.109
***
Male
2120
21.4
60.3
18.3

2254
17.6
60.8
21.7

1653
11.4
66.0
22.6

***
Employment
Employed
1562
14.1
62.4
23.4
***
2099
13.6
62.5
23.9
***
1687
9.8
64.9
25.3
***
**
Unemployed
1134
33.2
53.2
13.7

651
29.0
56.4
14.6

272
23.5
58.8
17.6

*
FT Education
111
16.2
60.4
23.4

97
10.3
58.8
30.9

45
6.7
60.0
33.3

0.346
Domestic/other
628
18.3
64.3
17.4

363
19.3
60.9
19.8

230
16.1
63.0
20.9

0.615
Retired
1845
20.7
63.0
16.4

2379
17.6
62.0
20.5

2108
13.5
65.5
21.0

***
Partner status
No Partner
2466
25.5
59.9
14.5
***
2162
23.0
59.1
17.9
***
1346
18.0
62.8
19.2
***
***
 
Partner employed
1244
14.4
62.6
23.0

1755
12.3
62.7
25.0

1562
9.7
65.4
24.9

**
 
Partner not employed
1570
19.2
60.8
20.0

1672
15.5
62.9
21.6

1434
11.2
65.6
23.2

***
Ethnicity
White
4665
22.1
60.7
17.2
***
5353
17.4
61.6
20.9
0.106
4212
12.8
64.6
22.5
0.750
***
South Asian
427
12.2
59.0
28.8

162
16.0
54.3
29.6

90
8.9
64.4
26.7

0.436
Black, mixed, other
188
15.4
68.1
16.5

74
17.6
58.1
24.3

40
12.5
67.5
20.0

0.554
Health status
Very good
1175
8.7
60.8
30.6
***
1433
7.8
57.6
34.6
***
1297
5.9
64.2
29.9
***
**
Good
1890
16.4
66.3
17.2

2170
14.6
66.0
19.4

1751
10.5
65.7
23.8

***
Fair
1455
26.7
59.1
14.2

1423
24.0
61.3
14.7

1010
20.8
64.4
14.9

*
Bad
599
38.6
53.1
8.3

450
34.7
54.2
11.1

231
27.3
62.8
10.0

*
Very bad
161
49.7
40.4
9.9

113
41.6
48.7
9.7

53
39.6
54.7
5.7

0.351
Smoking status
Never smoked
2158
19.6
60.8
19.6
***
2658
17.2
60.5
22.2
***
2449
12.0
63.0
25.0
***
***
Ex occasional
257
18.3
68.1
13.6

267
22.1
62.2
15.7

191
13.1
71.2
15.7

0.142
Ex daily
794
17.6
64.4
18.0

1138
13.8
67.0
19.2

872
11.0
68.9
20.1

**
Occasional
131
16.8
60.3
22.9

140
17.1
58.6
24.3

95
15.8
71.6
12.6

0.206
Daily
1940
24.7
58.5
16.8

1386
19.8
58.4
21.7

735
16.9
62.4
20.7

***
Exercise days/week
6 to 7
941
12.0
56.7
31.2
***
1290
10.4
57.4
32.2
***
965
8.9
56.1
35.0
***
0.145
3 to 5
1138
14.6
65.1
20.3

1388
12.2
63.0
24.9

1103
8.2
66.1
25.7

***
1 to 2
785
20.9
63.7
15.4

965
17.8
66.5
15.6

842
13.8
68.8
17.5

**
None
2416
27.6
59.4
12.9

1946
25.6
60.3
14.1

1432
18.3
66.9
14.8

***
Alcohol consumption category
Lower risk
1433
16.8
63.4
19.7
***
2051
13.0
63.8
23.2
***
1890
10.6
66.6
22.8
**
***
Abstainer
2884
22.2
59.8
17.9

2435
19.7
59.2
21.1

1662
14.9
62.3
22.8

***
Not usual drinker
395
21.0
60.3
18.7

467
22.3
62.7
15.0

301
15.9
60.8
23.3

*
Increasing risk
417
23.7
61.4
14.9

518
18.5
60.8
20.7

418
10.5
69.1
20.3

***
  Higher risk 151 31.1 54.3 14.6 118 22.0 60.2 17.8 71 18.3 57.7 23.9 0.152

P2 = probability relating to comparison between tertiles within each variable category. P *** <0.001; ** < 0.01; * < 0.05. n = number; FT = Full Time.