Table 2.
Demographics of wave 1 (baseline) cohort. These sample counts are unweighted. Median age calculated as data were not normally distributed.
| Variable | Response | All participants |
|---|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR) | 24 (13–39) | |
| Gender, n (%) | Male | 1,307 (54.5) |
| Female | 1,092 (45.5) | |
| Region of birth, n (%) | Middle East | 1,270 (52.9) |
| Central Asia | 611 (25.5) | |
| Southern Asia | 218 (9.1) | |
| Africa | 157 (6.5) | |
| South-East Asia | 137 (5.7) | |
| Missing data | 6 (0.3) | |
| Married or partnered, n (%) | Yes | 1,376 (57.4) |
| No | 888 (37.0) | |
| Missing data | 135 (5.6) | |
| Employed, n (%) | No | 2,230 (93.0) |
| Yes | 145 (6.0) | |
| Missing data | 24 (1.0) | |
| Education level pre- | Never attended school | 380 (15.8) |
| arrival, n (%) | 6 or less years of school | 473 (19.7) |
| 6–12 years of school | 1,137 (47.4) | |
| Trade/technical qualification | 143 (6.0) | |
| University degree | 243 (10.1) | |
| Missing data | 23 (1.0) | |
| SEIFA Quintile of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage 2011 | 1–2 | 1,571 (65.4) |
| 3–4 | 383 (15.9) | |
| 5–6 | 229 (9.6) | |
| 7–8 | 161 (6.7) | |
| 9–10 | 55 (2.3) | |
| Total, n (%)` | 2,399 (100) |