Table 3.

Proportions of older people in deprived urban neighbourhoods affected by different forms of social exclusion^a

	% of respondents in each category excluded from:
	Material resources	Social relations	Civic activities	Basic services	Neighbourhood
Age	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	***	*
60–74 years	29	41	14	19	11
75 years and above	32	39	15	31	18
Gender	n.s.	n.s.	*	n.s.	n.s.
Female	31	39	18	22	14
Male	27	43	11	25	13
Marital status	***	n.s.	**	n.s.	n.s.
Never married	27	46	14	17	19
Married	20	39	10	25	15
Widowed	37	39	20	21	13
Divorced/separated	39	46	23	27	5
Ethnic origin	***	***	*	***	**
White	27	37	18	19	17
Black Caribbean	25	37	7	21	3
Indian	24	29	5	14	5
Pakistani	33	63	11	33	4
Somali	69	77	11	69	11
Age on completing education	***	n.s.	***	n.s.	*
15 years or less	33	41	17	24	15
16 years or more	6	40	4	17	6
Years in neighbourhood	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
0–4	41	56	26	26	7
5–19	29	48	14	29	10
20 or more	29	39	15	22	14
Tenure	***	n.s.	***	n.s.	n.s.
Home owner	12	36	8	21	12
Social renter	44	43	20	24	14
Private renter	33	51	22	31	18
Housing conditions	***	***	n.s.	*	*
No housing problems	20	32	16	19	11
One housing problem	28	44	16	23	12
Two or more problems	45	54	12	29	19
Experience of crime	*	***	n.s.	***	***
No crimes	26	34	16	17	10
One or more crimes	35	50	13	31	19
Self-reported health	***	***	*	**	***
Very good or good	22	32	11	18	10
Neither good nor poor	34	45	16	21	12
Very poor or poor	37	50	20	32	19
Health status	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	**	*
No limiting condition	27	38	14	18	11
Limiting condition	32	44	16	28	16
Quality of life	***	***	***	***	*
Very good or good	23	30	10	17	11
Neither good nor poor	38	53	21	23	15
Very poor or poor	43	64	23	45	21
All (n=581)
% of sample excluded on this dimension	29	41	15	23	13

^aTest on differences based on Chi-square tests: n.s., not significant; *, p<0.05; **, p<0.01; ***, p<0.001