Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for SHS (%) by economic deprivation status.

General Health	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	Total
Ability to make ends meet
With difficulty	0.04	0.30	10.24	56.76	32.66	27.11
With some difficulty	0.02	0.12	8.73	59.07	32.06	31.35
Fairly easily	0.01	0.10	5.63	56.07	38.18	23.74
Easily	0.02	0.05	3.60	48.21	48.13	17.80
Arrears on mortgage
No/owner/rent-free	0.02	0.14	7.49	55.81	36.53	96.18
Yes	0.02	0.32	7.44	55.48	36.74	3.82
Arrears on utility bills
No	0.02	0.13	7.16	55.79	36.89	90.95
Yes	0.02	0.35	10.80	55.88	32.95	9.05
Arrears on loan payments
No	0.03	0.13	7.45	56.02	36.37	96.84
Yes	0.00	0.66	8.70	49.12	41.52	3.16
Annual holiday
No	0.02	0.27	10.72	58.82	30.17	36.53
Yes	0.02	0.08	5.63	54.07	40.20	63.47
Meal with meat, chicken, fish
No	0.01	0.54	13.81	60.49	25.15	9.13
Yes	0.03	0.11	6.85	55.33	37.68	90.87
Unexpected financial exp.
No	0.04	0.30	10.94	59.10	29.61	31.79
Yes	0.02	0.08	5.88	54.26	39.76	68.21
Telephone
Yes	0.02	0.15	7.43	55.78	36.61	98.69
No-cannot afford	0.00	0.60	11.24	58.13	30.02	0.72
No-other reasons	0.00	0.15	12.28	55.77	31.80	0.58
Color TV
Yes	0.02	0.15	7.48	55.88	36.46	98.77
No-cannot afford	0.00	0.00	12.27	61.73	25.99	0.24
No-other reasons	0.00	0.09	7.11	46.75	46.05	1.00
Washing machine
Yes	0.02	0.15	7.41	55.79	36.62	97.55
No-cannot afford	0.00	0.31	9.87	59.62	30.19	1.37
No-other reasons	0.00	0.16	11.39	51.72	36.73	1.08
Car
Yes	0.03	0.11	6.77	55.54	37.56	85.71
No-cannot afford	0.00	0.45	11.27	58.50	29.79	8.45
No-other reasons	0.01	0.37	12.57	55.76	31.28	5.84
Heating to keep home adequately warm
No	0.02	0.40	13.29	59.59	26.69	10.25
Yes	0.02	0.12	6.81	55.37	37.66	89.75
Leaking roof
No	0.02	0.11	7.41	55.47	37.33	86.92
Yes	0.03	0.33	10.27	58.02	31.34	13.08
Financial burden of housing costs
Heavy	0.04	0.25	9.03	58.28	32.40	33.65
Slight	0.02	0.11	7.41	56.61	35.85	46.67
Not at all	0.01	0.09	5.05	49.63	45.23	19.68
Computer
Yes	0.02	0.13	6.58	55.26	38.01	85.14
No-cannot afford	0.03	0.18	11.54	59.35	28.89	5.74
No-other reasons	0.03	0.33	13.44	58.65	27.55	9.13