Table 5.

Proportions of older people in deprived urban neighbourhoods experiencing different levels of social exclusion^a

	% of respondents in each category:
	Not excluded	Excluded on one domain	Excluded on two or more domains
Age (n.s.)
60–74 years	36	30	34
75 years and above	27	33	39
Gender (n.s.)
Female	33	29	37
Male	33	34	34
Marital status (n.s.)
Never married	31	35	35
Married	38	33	30
Widowed	30	30	40
Divorced/separated	27	27	46
Ethnic origin (***)
White	33	34	33
Black Caribbean	44	37	29
Indian	52	29	19
Pakistani	30	15	56
Somali	6	14	80
Age on completing education (***)
15 years or less	31	31	38
16 years or more	48	34	18
Years in neighbourhood (n.s.)
0–4	19	37	44
5–19	34	26	40
20 or more	33	32	35
Tenure (***)
Home owner	43	34	22
Social renter	34	29	46
Private renter	21	29	47
Housing conditions (***)
No housing problems	40	33	27
One housing problem	34	28	39
Two or more problems	21	30	49
Experience of crime (***)
No crimes	39	34	27
One or more crimes	25	27	48
Self-reported health (***)
Very good or good	43	34	24
Neither good nor poor	29	33	39
Very poor or poor	23	27	50
Health status (***)
No limiting condition	36	36	28
Limiting condition	30	26	44
Quality of life (***)
Very good or good	42	35	23
Neither good nor poor	24	28	48
Very poor or poor	11	24	65
All	33	31	36
	(n=192)	(n=181)	(n=208)

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