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. 2019 Mar 20;54(7):871–881. doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01685-y

Table 2.

Sample characteristics by ethnicity

Demographic variables AESOP, n = 266 (%) p CRIS-FEP, n = 446 (%) p
White British (n = 82) Black African (n = 61) Black Caribbean (n = 97) White Other (n = 26) White British (n = 133) Black African (n = 147) Black Caribbean (n = 91) White Other (n = 75)
Age-band
 18–29 43 (52.4) 34 (55.7) 44 (45.4) 9 (34.6) 0.24 56 (42.1) 67 (45.6) 38 (41.8) 23 (30.7) 0.19
 30–64 39 (47.6) 27 (44.3) 53 (54.6) 17 (65.4) 77 (57.9) 80 (54.4) 53 (58.2) 52 (69.3)
Gender
 Men 51 (62.2) 36 (59.0) 46 (47.4) 18 (69.2) 0.10 68 (51.1) 79 (53.7) 39 (42.9) 41 (54.7) < 0.01
 Women 31 (37.8) 25 (41.0) 51 (52.6) 8 (30.8) 65 (48.9) 68 (46.3) 52 (57.1) 34 (45.3)
Education
 School, no GCSE 26 (34.2) 11 (19.0) 41 (42.7) 9 (36.0) < 0.01 27 (28.1) 17 (16.5) 22 (36.1) 13 (24.5) 0.06
 School, GCSE 13 (17.1) 17 (29.3) 26 (27.1) 2 (8.0) 18 (18.8) 29 (28.2) 8 (13.1) 4 (7.5)
 Further 17 (22.4) 23 (39.7) 24 (25.0) 8 (32.0) 20 (20.8) 29 (28.2) 22 (36.1) 18 (34.0)
 Higher/university 20 (26.3) 7 (12.1) 5 (5.2) 6 (24.0) 31 (32.3) 28 (27.1) 9 (14.7) 18 (34.0)
Employment
 Unemployed 43 (53.7) 41 (67.2) 67 (69.8) 18 (72.0) 0.06 78 (63.9) 84 (65.1) 66 (80.4) 47 (65.3) 0.06
 Student/other 8 (10.0) 10 (16.4) 8 (8.3) 1 (4.0) 15 (12.3) 19 (14.7) 8 (9.8) 5 (6.9)
 Employed 29 (36.3) 21 (21.9) 21 (21.9) 6 (24.0) 29 (23.8) 26 (20.2) 8 (9.8) 20 (27.8)
Relationship status
 Single 43 (53.1) 32 (58.2) 66 (72.5) 15 (71.4) 0.16 84 (66.1) 82 (85.2) 54 (62.8) 45 (60.8) 0.33
 Married/in steady relationship 26 (32.1) 15 (27.3) 15 (16.5) 5 (23.8) 32 (25.2) 32 (22.7) 19 (22.1) 20 (27.0)
 Divorced/widowed 12 (14.8) 8 (15.5) 10 (11.0) 1 (4.8) 11 (8.6) 27 (19.1) 13 (15.1) 9 (12.2)
Living arrangements
 Alone 31 (37.8) 36 (59.0) 56 (58.3) 11 (44.0) < 0.01 41 (32.0) 39 (27.1) 31 (35.2) 21 (28.8) 0.62
 Family/relatives 44 (53.7) 19 (31.2) 40 (41.7) 11 (44.0) 78 (61.0) 88 (61.1) 49 (55.7) 42 (57.5)
 Other 7 (8.5) 6 (9.8) 0 3 (12.0) 9 (7.0) 17 (11.8) 8 (9.1) 10 (13.7)
Accommodation arrangements
 Owned 18 (24.3) 3 (5.4) 16 (18.2) 3 (14.3) < 0.01 21 (25.0) 14 (16.1) 9 (18.0) 9 (16.4) 0.42
 Rented 53 (71.6) 42 (76.4) 70 (79.5) 15 (71.4) 54 (64.3) 59 (67.8) 32 (64.0) 33 (60.0)
 Other 3 (4.1) 10 (18.2) 2 (2.3) 3 (14.3) 9 (10.7) 14 (16.1) 9 (18.0) 13 (23.6)
Compulsory admission
 No 62 (75.6) 28 (45.9) 48 (49.5) 18 (69.2) < 0.01 110 (82.7) 97 (66.0) 72 (79.1) 61 (81.3) < 0.01
 Yes 20 (24.4) 33 (54.1) 49 (50.1) 8 (30.8) 23 (17.3) 50 (34.0) 19 (20.9) 14 (18.7)

The bold values indicate statistically significant results