Table 1.

Socio-demographic breakdown of study sample and comparison with national Irish census data

		Census 2006	NANS dataset n = 1500	Study sample n = 1262
		%	%	%
Gender	Men	50	49	49
	Women	50	51	51
Age Group	18–35 years	35	35	38
	36–50 years	29	29	30
	51–64 years	21	20	20
	65+ years	15	15	12
Marital Status	Single	38	32	34
	Married/living with partner	51	58	58
	Widowed/separated/divorced	11	9	7
Location	Rural	39	30	28
	Urban	61	70	72
Social Class	Professional/managerial	33	45	46
	Non-manual	17	18	18
	Un/Semi/Skilled/manual	32	23	20
	Occupation Unknown/students	18	15	15