Table 1.
Demographics and characteristics of participants
| Participants | N (1023) (n (%)) |
Without Down syndrome N (837) (n (%)) |
With Down syndrome N (186) (n (%)) |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 562 (54.9) | 471 (56.3) | 91 (48.9) |
| Female | 461 (45.1) | 366 (43.7) | 95 (51.1) |
| Age (years) | |||
| 16–24 | 121 (11.8) | 101 (12.1) | 20 (10.8) |
| 25–34 | 156 (15.2) | 128 (15.3) | 28 (15.1) |
| 35–44 | 253 (24.7) | 192 (22.9) | 61 (32.8) |
| 45–54 | 238 (23.3) | 184 (22) | 54 (29) |
| 55–64 | 169 (16.5) | 148 (17.7) | 21 (11.3) |
| 65 and above | 86 (8.4) | 84 (10) | 2 (1.1) |
| Level of intellectual disabilities | |||
| Mild | 398 (38.9) | 321 (38.4) | 77 (41.4) |
| Moderate | 248 (24.2) | 198 (23.7) | 50 (26.9) |
| Severe | 193 (18.9) | 159 (19) | 34 (18.3) |
| Profound | 184 (18) | 159 (19) | 25 (13.4) |
| Accommodation type | |||
| Lives with family carer | 390 (38.1) | 289 (34.5) | 101 (54.3) |
| Lives independently | 102 (10) | 94 (11.2) | 8 (4.3) |
| Lives with paid support | 467 (45.7) | 404 (48.3) | 63 (33.9) |
| Lives in congregate setting | 64 (6.3) | 50 (6) | 14 (7.5) |
| Deprivation category | |||
| Most affluent | 228 (22.3) | 179 (21.4) | 49 (26.3) |
| 2 | 92 (9) | 71 (8.5) | 21 (11.3) |
| 3 | 66 (6.5) | 49 (5.9) | 17 (9.1) |
| 4 | 99 (9.7) | 84 (10) | 15 (8.1) |
| Most deprived | 538 (52.6) | 454 (54.2) | 84 (45.2) |
| White | 986 (96.4) | 803 (95.9) | 183 (98.4) |
| Non-white | 37 (3.6) | 34 (4.1) | 3 (1.6) |
| Mean number of physical health conditions | 11.04 (100) | 10.89 (100) | 11.68 (100) |