Table 1.

Percentage of males and females, for Leeds and national, for Education, housing, employment and marital status and relationships

	Leeds		National
	Male	Female	Male	Female
	Mean ± SD (%)	Mean ± SD (%)	%	%
Education
Achieving a good level of development in the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile [EYFSP] *	45.6 ± 13.4	60.2 ± 13.0	52.0	69.0
Achieve level 2+ key stage 1 reading *	80.1 ± 6.35	88.0 ± 6.87	86.0	92.0
Achieve level 2+ key stage 1 writing *	75.1 ± 7.31	85.5 ± 7.30	80.0	90.0
Pupils at the End of KS4 Achieving 5+ A*-C Including English and Mathematics *	52.4 ± 15.9	62.9 ± 15.2	55.7	65.7
Adults (16–64) with no qualifications	16.1 ± 8.38	16.9 ± 8.82
Housing
Aged 16+ living alone	17.2 ± 6.30	17.6 ± 3.76
Living in council-owned high-rise flats*	62.4 ± 10.1	37.6 ± 10.1
Living in social housing (aged 16+)	17.7 ± 14.5	19.9 ± 15.2
Employment
Unemployed (aged 16+ exc FT students) *	5.80 ± 3.12	3.30 ± 1.92	4.9	3.1
Long term unemployed (aged 16–64) *	2.70 ± 1.66	1.69 ± 1.05	2.2	1.7
Never worked (aged 25+) *	2.48 ± 1.96	6.23 ± 5.94	2.1	5.7
Employees and self-employed (aged 16+ years) working long hours - over 49 h *	9.87 ± 3.58	3.14 ± 1.46	8.5	2.2
claiming Job Seekers Allowance *	4.19 ± 3.51	2.18 ± 1.92	2.7	1.6
Economically inactive due to long-term disability or illness (aged 16+)	4.18 ± 2.32	3.69 ± 1.89	4.1	3.7
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)	5.88 ± 3.30	5.01 ± 2.67	5.4	4.6
Attendance allowance (aged 65+ years) *	10.5 ± 3.65	16.8 ± 5.86	10.8	18.0
Marital status and relationships
Single (aged 16–64 years) *	48.4 ± 13.5	42.8 ± 14.7	45.4	38.5
Single (aged 30–49 years) *	39.1 ± 11.3	27.0 ± 7.82	35.4	27.6
Lone parents (aged 16–74) *	0.85 ± 0.43	8.16 ± 4.32	0.8	7.2
Divorced (aged 30–59 years) *	10.5 ± 2.28	13.7 ± 2.70	8.4	11.9

* P < 0.01