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. 2012 Jul 6;13:105. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-105

Table 4.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents in the adult household survey; based on multiply imputed dataset

  Control (n = 2046)
Intervention (n = 2061)
(95% CI) (95% CI)
Mean age in years
38.4 (36.6, 40.2)
38.0 (36.4, 39.5)
Gender % Female
52.7 (49.2, 56.2)
57.5 (54.6, 60.6)
Ethnicity %
 
 
 White British
28.9 (22.0, 35.7)
33.2 (25.5, 40.9)
 White other
14.0 (9.8, 18.2)
12.6 (8.9, 14.2)
 Black Caribbean
12.1 (8.2, 15.9)
11.4 (8.7, 14.2)
 Black African
18.0 (12.2, 23.7)
15.6 (11.3, 19.8)
 Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi
11.6 (4.7, 18.5)
9.3 (2.1, 16.5)
 Other Asian
4.6 (2.1, 7.0)
4.3 (2.6, 6.1)
 Mixed
4.5 (3.3, 5.6)
5.0 (3.2, 6.8)
 Other
6.5 (4.1, 8.9)
8.6 (4.2, 12.9)
Marital status
 
 
 Never married
45.2 (41.6, 48.8)
43.9 (39.7, 48.2)
 Married/cohabit
42.5 (38.0, 47.1))
41.9 (36.2, 47.7)
 Separated
3.4 (2.3, 4.4)
3.1 (2.1, 4.2)
 Divorced
5.2 (3.8, 6.6)
6.3 (4.6, 8.0)
 Widowed
3.7 (2.6, 4.9)
4.7 (3.5, 5.9)
Mean duration of residence in the LSOA
16.8 (14.9, 18.7)
17.5 (15.7, 19.3)
Level of educational attainment
 
 
 No formal qualifications
8.8 (4.1, 13.5)
11.8 (7.5, 16.1)
 GCSE or equivalent
32.2 (27.5, 37.0)
32.9 (27.4, 38.5)
 A-level or equivalent
29.3 (26.0, 32.6)
27.8 (23.9, 31.5)
 University degree
28.5 (23.2, 33.9)
26.7 (21.7, 31.8)
 Other
1.1 (0.1, 2.2)
0.8 (0.1, 1.5)
Housing tenure
 
 
 Owner occupier
15.1 (11.8, 18.4)
12.3 (8.5, 16.1)
 Rent/mortgage
1.2 (0.2, 2.2)
1.7 (0.5, 2.8)
 Rent – social housing
51.5 (41.5, 61.5)
55.7 (45.5, 65.9)
 Rent – private landlord
14.0 (9.5, 18.4)
12.0 (7.1, 17.0)
 Other
18.3 (10.3, 26.3)
18.3 (11.1, 25.4)
Employed full or part time %
42.2 (37.1, 47.3)
42.8 (38.3, 47.3)
Ease of managing on household income
 
 
 Very easy
3.5 (2.2, 4.9)
2.9 (1.7, 4.0)
 Fairly easy
18.3 (15.1, 21.5)
15.9 (11.5, 20.2)
 Neither easy nor difficult
29.8 (22.9, 36.8)
28.0 (21.2, 34.8)
 Fairly difficult
25.0 (19.9, 30.0)
28.2 (22.0, 34.4)
 Very difficult 23.3 (16.9, 29.7) 25.0 (17.9, 32.2)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval.