Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics.

Socio demographic	Sample N= 1,131		General Population of Ireland 2011
		%	%
Marital status			i
Married/living as married	680	60	50
Never Married	267	24	39
Divorced/Separated	93	8	6
Widowed	91	8	5
Gender
Male	426	38	49
Female	705	62	51
Location
Urban	656	58	62
Rural	475	42	38
Dependents U18 years
Living with Dependents under 18 years	444	39	42
not living with Dependents under 18 years	687	61	58
Age
18–25	88	8	12
25–34	165	15	22
35–44	221	19	20
45–54	229	20	17
55–64	182	16	13
65–74	156	14	9
75+	90	8	7
Ethnicity			ii
Irish	1005	89	83
European (non-Irish)	86	8	12
Other	40	3	5
Economic activity			iii
Employed part-time and full-time	552	49	50
Unemployed	71	6	12
Student	70	6	11
Long-term sickness or disability	42	4	4
Home duties/looking after home or family	124	11	10
Retired	255	22	13
Other (specify)	17	2	0
Education			iv
Primary	86	7	14
Second Level or less	414	37	37
Third level	631	56	43
Not stated/no formal education	0	0	6
Household income €	1131 v
€0 – €10,000	48	4
€10,000 – €20,000	157	14
€20,001 – €30,000	175	15
€30,001 – €40,000	139	12
€40,001 – €50,000	119	11
€50,001 – €60,000	111	10
€60,001 – €75,000	123	11
€75,001 – €100,000	127	11
€100,001 – €200,000	111	10
€200,000 >	21	2
Self-rated health using EQ-5D-5L
11111	516	46
Any other health state	615	54
Self-rated health using EQ-VAS
<80%	386	34
80–89%	302	27
90–99%	370	33
100%	73	6

i= The full population of Ireland (4,588,252) married not including living as married in CSO figures (adult population, 3,439,565)

ii= Usually resident population by place of birth and nationality = 4,525,281)

iii= The labour force = total population over the age of 15 years is 3,608,662. Total Employed over 15 years (Full-time + Part-time) = 1,807,360. The sample employed also includes (Full-time + Part-time) employed and employed and self-employed.

iv= Total population = 3,003,490 (Population aged 15 years and highest level of education completed)

v= The number of individuals who reported their household income.