Table 3. Categorisation of variables during data pre-processing.
| Variable | Original categories | New categories |
|---|---|---|
| Ethnicity | White | White |
| Mixed | Other | |
| Black | ||
| Asian | ||
| Chinese | ||
| Other | ||
| Employment Status | Full time employed | Employed |
| Part time employed | ||
| Student | Not seeking employment | |
| Retired | ||
| House-person | ||
| Other | ||
| Unemployed jobseeker | Unemployed | |
| Unemployed due to ill-health | ||
| Marital Status | Married/cohabiting | Married/cohabiting |
| Single | Single | |
| Separated | No longer married | |
| Divorced | ||
| Widowed | ||
| Highest level of education | Degree or higher | Degree or higher |
| Foundation Degree/Diploma | A-level or Diplomas | |
| A-level | ||
| GCSE | GCSE | |
| Other qualifications | None or Other | |
| No formal qualifications | ||
| Financial Wellbeing | Living Comfortably | OK financially |
| Doing alright | ||
| Just about getting by | Just about getting by | |
| Hard to make ends meet | Struggling financially | |
| Very hard to make ends meet | ||
|
Long-term Health
Condition Status |
None | No long-term physical
health conditions |
| Mental Health Only | ||
| Diabetes | At least one long-term
physical health condition |
|
| Asthma or COPD | ||
| Arthritis | ||
| Heart Disease | ||
| Stroke | ||
| Cancer | ||
| Kidney Disease |