Table 2.
Control variable descriptives (weighted)
| n | % | |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 5266 | 54.90 |
| Male | 4327 | 45.10 |
| Employment status | ||
| Employed | 5692 | 59.34 |
| Unemployed | 443 | 4.61 |
| Retired | 2430 | 25.33 |
| Maternity/caring | 573 | 5.97 |
| Student | 101 | 1.05 |
| Long-term sick/disabled | 305 | 3.18 |
| Other | 50 | 0.52 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White British | 8407 | 87.64 |
| Other white | 434 | 4.53 |
| Asian | 403 | 4.21 |
| Other | 348 | 3.63 |
| Cohabitation | ||
| Yes | 6654 | 69.36 |
| No | 2939 | 30.64 |
| Region | ||
| North-East | 465 | 4.85 |
| North-West | 1084 | 11.3 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 816 | 8.51 |
| East Midlands | 725 | 7.55 |
| West Midlands | 861 | 8.98 |
| East of England | 937 | 9.77 |
| London | 1192 | 12.42 |
| South-East | 1329 | 13.86 |
| South-West | 849 | 8.85 |
| Wales | 507 | 5.28 |
| Scotland | 828 | 8.63 |
| Highest qualification | ||
| Degree | 2291 | 23.89 |
| Other higher education (below degree level) | 1222 | 12.74 |
| A-level and similar | 1765 | 18.40 |
| GCSE and similar | 1900 | 19.81 |
| Other qualification | 1036 | 10.80 |
| No qualifications | 1378 | 14.36 |
| Income quartile (equivalised gross household income, standardised by age) | ||
| 1 | 2604 | 27.14 |
| 2 | 2412 | 25.15 |
| 3 | 2286 | 23.83 |
| 4 | 2290 | 23.88 |
| Current subjective financial situation | ||
| Living comfortably | 2751 | 28.68 |
| Doing alright | 3252 | 33.90 |
| Just about getting by | 2555 | 26.63 |
| Finding it quite difficult | 729 | 7.60 |
| Finding it very difficult | 306 | 3.19 |
| Long-standing illness | ||
| Yes | 3430 | 35.75 |
| No | 6163 | 64.25 |
| Smoking behaviour | ||
| Never smoked | 4977 | 51.88 |
| Ex-smoker | 2554 | 26.62 |
| Current smoker, up to 10 per day | 1043 | 10.88 |
| Current smoker, 11–20 per day | 861 | 8.97 |
| Current smoker, 21+ per day | 158 | 1.64 |
| BMI | ||
| Under 18.5 (underweight) | 99 | 1.03 |
| 18.5 to under 25 (recommended weight) | 2947 | 30.72 |
| 25 to below 30 (overweight) | 3784 | 39.45 |
| 30 to below 40 (class 1 obese) | 2508 | 26.14 |
| 40 and above (class 2 obese) | 255 | 2.66 |
| Mean | SD | Min | Max |
| Age | |||
| 50.01 | 16.84 | 22 | 95 |
BMI, body mass index; GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education.