Table 1.
Independent variables for fast and slow privatised towns
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Fast-privatised towns |
Slow-privatised towns |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||
| People | 5018 (62%) | 3031 (38%) | 7068 (64%) | 4050 (36%) | |
| Age in 1992 | 44·7 (12·3) | 50·2 (11·8) | 44·7 (12·3) | 49·9 (11·9) | |
| Vital status at the end of 1998 | |||||
| Alive | 4484 (89%) | 2842 (94%) | 6412 (91%) | 3833 (95%) | |
| Deceased | 534 (11%) | 189 (6%) | 656 (9%) | 217 (5%) | |
| Education | |||||
| Elementary or incomplete secondary | 1182 (24%) | 906 (30%) | 1546 (22%) | 1302 (32%) | |
| Complete academic and vocational secondary | 1926 (38%) | 1032 (34%) | 2952 (42%) | 1290 (32%) | |
| Vocational higher education or incomplete higher | 1367 (27%) | 821 (27%) | 1912 (28%) | 1074 (27%) | |
| Complete academic higher education | 543 (11%) | 272 (9%) | 658 (9%) | 384 (10%) | |
| Occupation in 1990s | |||||
| Military | 65 (1%) | 4 (<1%) | 100 (1%) | 4 (<1%) | |
| Managerial | 232 (5%) | 77 (3%) | 352 (5%) | 98 (2%) | |
| High professional | 587 (12%) | 600 (20%) | 647 (9%) | 813 (20%) | |
| Low professional/routine non-manual | 191 (4%) | 485 (16%) | 273 (4%) | 675 (17%) | |
| Skilled manual | 3039 (61%) | 698 (23%) | 4340 (61%) | 765 (19%) | |
| Unskilled manual | 268 (5%) | 193 (6%) | 409 (6%) | 376 (9%) | |
| Unemployed in 1990s | 636 (13%) | 974 (32%) | 947 (13%) | 1319 (33%) | |
| Marital status at the date of interview/death | |||||
| Partnered | 4464 (89%) | 2554 (84%) | 6416 (91%) | 3447 (85%) | |
| Single | 64 (1%) | 91 (3%) | 70 (1%) | 105 (3%) | |
| Separated | 490 (10%) | 386 (13%) | 582 (8%) | 498 (12%) | |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Never smoked | 1215 (24%) | 2827 (93%) | 1837 (26%) | 3802 (94%) | |
| Currently/was a regular smoker | 2879 (57%) | 112 (4%) | 3851 (55%) | 142 (4%) | |
| Used to smoke but quit | 924 (18%) | 92 (3%) | 1380 (20%) | 106 (3%) | |
| Alcohol consumption | |||||
| Almost every day or several times a week | 731 (15%) | 23 (1%) | 874 (12%) | 35 (1%) | |
| About 2–4 times a month or up to once a month | 2876 (57%) | 1165 (38%) | 3882 (55%) | 1251 (31%) | |
| A couple of times a year | 342 (7%) | 427 (14%) | 517 (7%) | 561 (14%) | |
| Used to drink but quit | 552 (11%) | 67 (2%) | 911 (13%) | 80 (2%) | |
| Never | 517 (10%) | 1349 (45%) | 884 (13%) | 2213 (52%) | |
| Material deprivation | |||||
| Often or sometimes | 119 (2%) | 62 (2%) | 202 (3%) | 104 (3%) | |
| Rarely or never | 4899 (98%) | 2969 (98%) | 6866 (97%) | 3956 (97%) | |
Data are n (%) or mean (SD).