Table 1.

Demographics of sample for study 1: individuals who do not engage regularly in arts activities

	Neither n = 1851	Individuals with depression n = 873	Individuals with anxiety n = 808	p
Age, %				<.001
18–30	9.6	10.0	14.6
31–49	40.7	43.9	48.5
50–64	36.5	36.1	30.9
65+	13.2	10.1	5.9
Gender, % female	55.3	56.0	67.2	<.001
Ethnicity, % white British	87.0	88.0	87.1	.78
Employment, %				<.001
In full-time employment	57	57.3	63.0
In part-time employment	22.9	22.1	22.5
Retired	15.5	11.5	8.2
Not working	4.7	9.2	6.3
Educational attainment, %				.05
No qualifications	3.7	4.0	3.8
Qualifications to age 16	11.4	13.1	11.3
Qualifications to age 18	12.9	14.7	14.1
Degree/post-school qualification	45.4	44.3	40.5
Postgraduate degree	26.6	23.9	30.3
Household income, %				<.001
< £16,000	6.3	12.1	6.3
£16,000–£29,999	17.2	20.6	15.8
£30,000–£59,999	35.3	34.8	38.4
£60,000–£89,999	21.9	18.9	22.9
£90,000–£119,999	9.8	6.3	9.3
> £120,000	9.5	7.2	7.3
Type of area of dwelling, %				.60
City	30.6	33.8	32.2
Town	43.7	41.7	42.1
Village	20.8	19.8	21.8
Isolated dwelling	4.9	4.7	4.0
Frequency of socialising, %				<.001
Once or twice a year	5.8	10.1	5.0
Every few months	17.0	21.9	18.8
Once or twice a month	32.6	33.6	34.4
Once or twice a week	34.3	29.9	34.5
Three or more times a week	10.3	4.6	7.3
Number of days exercise in past week, mean (SD)	3.9 (2.1)	3.3 (2.0)	3.7 (2.0)	<.001
Chronic or long-standing illness, %	11.4	18.4	13.1	<.001
Chronic pain, %				<.001
None	71.7	61.1	65.4
Mild	21.3	27.0	24.4
Moderate	6.0	10.1	9.4
Severe	1.0	1.8	0.9
Mobility problems, %	3.9	6.3	3.2	.003
Extravert personality, mean (SD)	10.0 (2.3)	9.7 (2.1)	10.0 (2.1)	<.001
Open personality, mean (SD)	11.0 (2.1)	11.0 (2.1)	11.1 (2.1)	.44
Agreeable personality, mean (SD)	11.2 (2.6)	10.9 (2.4)	10.7 (2.5)	<.001
Conscientious personality, mean (SD)	12.0 (1.8)	11.6 (1.9)	12.0 (1.9)	<.001
Neurotic personality, mean (SD)	9.5 (2.3)	9.9 (2.3)	10.9 (2.3)	<.001