Table 1.
Demographic characteristics (% (n)).
| Total samplea,b n = 3756 |
Survey 1 n = 1723 |
Survey 2 n = 2033 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Men | 46.3 (1723) | 46.2 (789) | 46.5 (934) |
| Women | 53.7 (1996) | 53.8 (920) | 53.5 (1076) | |
| Age (years) | 50–59 | 34.6 (1273) | 35.7 (609) | 33.7 (664) |
| 60–69 | 37.3 (1374) | 36.5 (622) | 37.1 (752) | |
| 70 | 28.0 (1030) | 27.8 (474) | 28.2 (556) | |
| Education⁎ | University | 38.7 (1422) | 40.8 (686) | 36.9 (736) |
| Below university | 61.3 (2250) | 59.2 (994) | 63.1 (1256) | |
| Employment⁎⁎ | Working | 42.7 (1587) | 45.0 (769) | 40.7 (818) |
| Not working | 57.3 (2129) | 55.0 (939) | 59.3 (1190) | |
| Ethnicity⁎⁎⁎ | White | 88.5 (3293) | 81.2 (1381) | 94.7 (1912) |
| Non-white | 11.5 (428) | 18.8 (320) | 5.3 (108) |
a
Survey 1 respondents (London) had higher levels of university education, were more likely to be employed, and more likely to be from non-white ethnic backgrounds than Survey 2 respondents (London, South East and North West of England).
b
Totals may vary due to missing data.
⁎
p < .05.
⁎⁎
p < .01.
⁎⁎⁎
p < .001.