Table 1.
Wave 3 characteristics of Understanding Society (UKHLS) participants by sub-sample.
| General Population Sample (GPS)(N⁎ = 33,165) | British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) (N⁎ = 11,318) | Ethnic Minority Boost (EMB) (N⁎ = 4,775) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (n (%)) | |||
| Male | 15,201 (45.8) | 5,178 (45.8) | 2,199 (46.1) |
| Female | 17,964 (54.2) | 6,140 (54.3) | 2,576 (54.0) |
| Age in years (mean (SD)) | 48.1 (18.5) | 47.8 (19.0) | 38.8 (15.6) |
| Self-rated health (n (%))⁎⁎ | |||
| Excellent | 5,875 (17.7) | 1,932 (17.1) | 901 (18.9) |
| Very good | 11,445 (34.5) | 3,834 (33.9) | 1,537 (32.3) |
| Good | 8,773 (26.5) | 3,048 (27.0) | 1,349 (28.3) |
| Fair | 4,893 (14.8) | 1,778 (15.7) | 671 (14.1) |
| Poor | 2,155 (6.5) | 718 (6.4) | 306 (6.4) |
| Self-rated memory (n (%))⁎⁎ | |||
| Excellent | 1,332 (4.4) | 423 (4.0) | 305 (7.5) |
| Very good | 6,672 (21.9) | 2,210 (20.7) | 1,032 (25.3) |
| Good | 11,489 (37.7) | 4,015 (37.6) | 1,540 (37.7) |
| Fair | 8,167 (26.8) | 2,993 (28.0) | 871 (21.3) |
| Poor | 2,842 (9.3) | 1,047 (9.8) | 335 (8.2) |
| Highest qualification (n (%))⁎⁎ | |||
| No qualifications | 8,053 (24.6) | 2,684 (25.0) | 918 (19.5) |
| School level | 13,326 (40.7) | 5,162 (48.1) | 1,879 (39.9) |
| Degree/professional or higher | 11,353 (34.7) | 2,898 (27.0) | 1,918 (40.7) |
| Cognitive measures (mean (SD)) | |||
| Word recall (range 0–20) | 11.5 (3.6) | 11.4 (3.7) | 11.0 (3.6) |
| Verbal fluency (range 0–99) | 21.8 (7.0) | 21.5 (7.1) | 17.9 (6.8) |
| Subtraction (range 0–5) | 4.4 (1.1) | 4.5 (1.0) | 4.1 (1.3) |
| Number sequence (range 409–584) | 529.8 (31.7) | 530.7 (31.5) | 521.2 (36.0) |
| Numerical problem solving (range 0–5) | 3.6 (1.1) | 3.6 (1.1) | 3.1 (1.2) |
⁎
Raw numbers, i.e. unweighted.
⁎⁎
Numbers do not add up to totals in column titles due to missing values.