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. 2012 Dec 20;37(6):978–983. doi: 10.1111/acer.12046

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Participants Completing Questionnaire and Pouring Task

Men n (%) Women n (%) Total n (%)
Total sample 130 (100) 153 (100) 283 (100)
Age group
 16 to 34 73 (56.2) 83 (54.2) 156 (55.1)
 35 to 54 42 (32.3) 52 (34.0) 94 (33.2)
 55+ 14 (10.8) 18 (11.8) 32 (11.3)
Ethnic group
 White 99 (76.2) 108 (70.6) 207 (73.1)
 Any non-white 31 (23.8) 45 (29.4) 76 (26.9)
Highest educational qualification
 NVQ4/NVQ5/degree or equivalent 78 (60.0) 93 (60.8) 171 (60.4)
 Higher education below degree 9 (6.9) 13 (8.5) 22 (7.8)
 NVQ3/GCE A level equivalent 16 (12.3) 15 (9.8) 31 (11.0)
 NVQ2/GCE O level equivalent 4 (3.1) 8 (5.2) 12 (4.2)
 NVQ1/CSE other grade equivalent 6 (4.6) 7 (4.6) 13 (4.6)
 Foreign/other 10 (7.7) 8 (5.2) 18 (6.4)
 None 4 (3.1) 8 (5.2) 12 (4.2)
Employment status
 Employed 94 (72.3) 93 (60.8) 187 (66.1)
 Unemployed 4 (3.1) 10 (6.5) 14 (4.9)
 Unemployed and receiving benefits 0 (0.0) 8 (5.2) 8 (2.8)
 Retired 8 (6.2) 4 (2.6) 12 (4.2)
 Full-time education 23 (17.7) 38 (24.8) 61 (21.6)
Total household incomea
 <£10,655.74 16 (12.3) 38 (24.8) 54 (19.1)
 £10,655.75 to 16,900.00 5 (3.8) 18 (11.8) 23 (8.1)
 £16,900.01 to 26,787.88 24 (18.5) 15 (9.8) 39 (13.8)
 £26,787.89 to 41,864.41 27 (20.8) 29 (19.0) 56 (19.8)
 >£41,864.42 52 (40.0) 51 (33.3) 103 (36.4)
a

Based on income quintile thresholds in the HSE 2008.

There were a small number of missing values for each variable (<4%) which are not included in further analyses.