Table 1. Characteristics of residents of the tertiles of REAT scores.
| REAT tertile 1(highest quality) | REAT tertile 2(middle quality) | REAT tertile 3(lowest quality) | Total number | |
| Sample size | 8628 | 10977 | 11837 | 31442 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 17% | 22% | 27% | 6997 |
| Married | 66% | 57% | 53% | 18181 |
| Separated/divorced | 8% | 10% | 12% | 3254 |
| Widowed | 9% | 10% | 9% | 3010 |
| Housing tenure | ||||
| Owner occupier | 91% | 76% | 69% | 24436 |
| Rented | 9% | 24% | 31% | 7006 |
| NS-SEC | ||||
| Professional | 25% | 18% | 12% | 5493 |
| Intermediate | 15% | 12% | 11% | 3859 |
| Manual | 23% | 29% | 35% | 9401 |
| Other | 37% | 41% | 43% | 12689 |
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 54% | 49% | 45% | 15363 |
| Seeking work | 2% | 3% | 5% | 1073 |
| Inactive | 34% | 38% | 42% | 12046 |
| Missing | 9% | 10% | 9% | 2960 |
| Male gender | 48.0% | 47.7% | 47.6% | 15022 |
| Age 18–44 | 37.5% | 42.7% | 47.3% | 13512 |
| Age 45–74 | 53.1% | 47.1% | 44.1% | 14970 |
| Age 75+ | 9.4% | 10.3% | 8.6% | 2960 |
| Mean (SD) WIMD | 21.4 (14.7) | 27.1 (15.7) | 33.5 (15.4) |