Table 3.

Perceived ethnic diversity by sociodemographic factors (row percentages).

	% of respondents rating ethnic diversity of area as hardly/fairly/very mixed
	Regeneration areas N = 1,342	Surrounding areas N = 769	Other areas N = 1,747
Sex
Male	9.4/44.6/46.0	36.9/52.6/10.5	38.2/44.7/17.1
Female	11.1/45.9/43.1	39.5/48.4/12.1	41.4/44.9/13.7
Age
<40	8.2/44.8/47.0	23.0/63.8/13.3	32.8/49.1/18.2
40–64	10.8/45.1/44.1	40.0/47.7/12.3	42.3/43.5/14.3
65+	16.9/47.6/38.5	50.5/41.4/8.2	43.9/42.8/13.3
Household type
Adult	10.2/45.6/44.3	36.8/50.6/12.6	41.5/43.0/15.5
Single parent	7.6/43.7/48.7	31.1/54.7/14.2	33.3/50.2/16.5
Two parent	9.2/44.6/46.3	25.4/61.5/13.1	36.5/47.8/15.8
Older	16.4/47.7/35.9	52.1/40.5/7.4	43.2/43.6/13.3
Employment status
Employed	6.7/46.4/46.9	31.4/54.2/14.4	38.4/45.0/16.6
Unemployed	8.5/43.5/48.0	31.3/57.4/11.3	35.4/48.6/16.0
Long-term sick	12.3/44.2/43.5	39.5/46.9/13.6	42.2/44.9/12.9
Home keeper	14.6/48.1/37.3	23.1/63.5/13.5	35.9/47.1/17.1
Retired	16.2/46.2/37.6	52.9/40.2/7.0	43.8/42.2/14.0
Citizenship
British	12.0/46.1/42.0	39.4/48.9/11.8	41.5/44.4/14.1
Non-British	7.3/43.8/48.8	0.0/9.1/90.9	20.0/50.9/29.1
Years in area
5 or less	8.4/43.5/48.1	30.7/57.9/11.4	35.2/45.9/19.0
6–20	12.2/46.1/41.8	31.1/55.9/13.1	38.0/44.6/17.5
21 or more	12.1/48.2/39.7	45.2/44.2/10.6	43.6/44.4/12.0