Table 1. Main socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics, by level of contact with people with dementia.
| None recorded % (n) |
Contact within family/friends % (n) |
Wider circle of acquaintance % (n) |
All % (n) |
Data$ representative of NI population %(n) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male Female |
50.1 (237) 49.9 (236) |
38.3 (150) 61.7 (242) |
42.2 (146) 57.8 (200) |
44.0 (533) 56.0 (678) |
47.8 52.2 |
| Age | 18–34 35–54 55–74 75 plus |
34.0 (161) 33.8 (160) 21.6 (102) 10.6 (50) |
24.6 (96) 34.0 (133) 32.0 (125) 9.5 (37) |
13.3 (46) 29.0 (100) 39.7 (137) 18.0 (62) |
25.1 (303) 32.5 (393) 30.1 (364) 12.3 (149) |
30.6 36.0 25.7 7.8 |
| Tenure | Owner occupier Private renting Social renting |
53.0 (249) 24.7 (116) 22.3 (105) |
73.5 (288) 10.7 (42) 15.8 (62) |
65.5 (226) 14.2 (49) 20.3 (70) |
63.2 (763) 17.2 (207) 19.6 (237) |
74.0 14.2 11.8 |
| Locale | Urban Rural |
59.4 (281) 40.6 (192) |
77.8 (305) 22.2 (87) |
59.5 (206) 40.5 (140) |
65.4 (792) 34.6 (419) |
63.9 36.1 |
| Religion | Catholic Protestant Other |
44.4 (208) 39.0 (183) 16.6 (78) |
42.8 (166) 51.8 (201) 5.4 (25) |
45.6 (155) 49.1 (167) 5.3 (18) |
44.0 (529) 45.9 (551) 10.1 (121) |
41.9 47.4 10.7 |
| Social class | Professional Intermediate (Semi) routine Other |
15.9 (75) 26.4 (125) 39.3 (186) 18.4 (87) |
31.9 (125) 26.3 (103) 31.4 (123) 10.5 (41) |
23.1 (80) 28.6 (99) 35.8 (124) 12.4 (43) |
23.1 (280) 27.0 (327) 35.8 (433) 14.1 (171) |
26.7 23.1 37.8 12.5 |
| Education | Higher Intermediate No qualifications |
21.6 (102) 54.8 (259) 23.7 (112) |
34.2 (134) 48.5 (190) 17.4 (68) |
25.1 (87) 46.5 (161) 28.3 (98) |
26.7 (323) 50.3 (610) 23.0 (278) |
29.1 41.9 29.0 |
| Personal experience of caring | None Caring: yes Other help |
100.0 (473) - - |
18.1 (71) 39.0 (153) 42.9 (168) |
32.7 (113) 14.7 (51) 52.6 (182) |
54.3 (657) 16.9 (204) 28.9 (350) |
|
| General knowledge of dementia | Low (0/1 correct) High (2 or more) |
29.8 (141) 70.2 (332) |
41.6 (163) 58.4 (229) |
38.4 (133) 61.6 (213) |
36.9 (431) 63.9 (774) |
|
| Knowledge of risk factors | Mostly incorrect Mostly correct |
78.4 (371) 21.6 (102) |
79.1 (310) 20.9 (82) |
77.2 (268) 22.8 (79) |
78.3 (948) 21.7 (263) |
$: column 6 was derived from tables produced using the Northern Ireland Mortality (NIMS)–a database comprising the whole of the enumerated 2011 Census population of Northern Ireland, and part of the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS). More detail can be found at https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/NILSResearchSupportUnit/. Where the cell is empty it was not possible to tabulate equivalent results. The findings are used with permission of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), and we acknowledge their help in producing these results.