Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the study sample.
| N | 1,361,216 |
| % | |
| Poor health status | 28.4 |
| Health problems | |
| Depression | 4.0 |
| Mental illness | 2.0 |
| Cardiovascular | 7.6 |
| Respiratory | 6.6 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 50.5 |
| Female | 49.6 |
| Age | |
| 16–25 | 18.8 |
| 26–35 | 19.9 |
| 36–45 | 25.1 |
| 46–55 | 22.5 |
| 56–64 | 13.8 |
| Ethnicity | |
| White | 90.2 |
| Mixed ethnicity | 0.8 |
| Indian | 2.1 |
| Pakistani | 1.5 |
| Bangladeshi | 0.5 |
| Chinese | 0.5 |
| Other Asian | 0.8 |
| Black Caribbean | 0.9 |
| Black African | 1.2 |
| Other ethnic group | 1.6 |
| Country of birth | |
| UK/Rep. of Ireland | 88.2 |
| Overseas | 11.8 |
| Couple status | |
| Married, or living with partner | 50.2 |
| Single, never married | 37.3 |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 12.5 |
| Educational qualifications | |
| None | 12.4 |
| GCSE | 22.9 |
| A-Level | 23.0 |
| Higher Ed, Degree or Equivalent | 28.8 |
| Other Qualifications | 12.1 |
| Economic status | |
| Employed | 73.8 |
| Unemployed | 4.9 |
| Economically Inactive | 21.3 |
| Occupational class | |
| Managerial and professional | 33.9 |
| Intermediate | 17.4 |
| Routine and manual | 30.2 |
| Never worked and long-term unemployed | 18.5 |
| Number of dependents | |
| 0 | 53.5 |
| 1 | 20.1 |
| 2 | 18.3 |
| 3 | 6.0 |
| 4+ | 2.1 |
| Household tenure | |
| Owned outright | 19.1 |
| Bought with mortgage or loan | 51.9 |
| Part rent, part mortgage | 0.4 |
| Rented | 27.8 |
| Rent free | 0.8 |
| Region of residence | |
| Tyne and Wear | 2.0 |
| Rest of North East | 2.6 |
| Greater Manchester | 4.2 |
| Merseyside | 2.1 |
| Rest of North West | 4.9 |
| South Yorkshire | 2.3 |
| West Yorkshire | 4.0 |
| Rest of Yorkshire and Humberside | 2.8 |
| East Midlands | 7.6 |
| West Midlands Metropolitan Area | 3.9 |
| Rest of West Midlands | 4.6 |
| East of England | 9.2 |
| Inner London | 4.0 |
| Outer London | 6.5 |
| South East | 13.6 |
| South West | 8.2 |
| Wales | 4.8 |
| Strathclyde | 3.6 |
| Rest of Scotland | 5.0 |
| Northern Ireland | 4.1 |
Created by the Authors using the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey Jan–Mar 2006 to Oct–Dec 2010.