Table 1.
The sample characteristics by lifetime experience of homelessness (ever been homeless for ≥1 months vs. not) in 6649 ELSA participants.
| Never homeless for ≥1 months |
Ever homeless for ≥1 months |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%)a | N (%)a | ||
| No. of participants | 6542 (98·4) | 107 (1·6) | |
| Mean age, years (SD) | 63·3 (8·1) | 60·7 (7·4) | ≤0.001 |
| Sex | 0.71 | ||
| Men | 2938 (44·9) | 50 (46·7) | |
| Women | 3604 (55·1) | 57 (53·3) | |
| Married/living with a partner | ≤0.001 | ||
| Yes | 4893 (74·8) | 52 (48·6) | |
| No | 1649 (25·2) | 55 (51·4) | |
| Educationb | 0.89 | ||
| A-level or higher including university degree | 2781 (42·7) | 44 (41·5) | |
| GCSE/O-level or equivalent qualification | 2070 (31·7) | 36 (34·0) | |
| No qualifications | 1671 (25·6) | 26 (24·5) | |
| Total net non-pension household wealthb | ≤0.001 | ||
| Wealthiest tertile (≥£296,500) | 2358 (36·7) | 25 (23·8) | |
| Intermediate tertile (≥£139,850 to < £296,500) | 2173 (33·9) | 19 (18·1) | |
| Poorest tertile (<£139,850) | 1888 (29·4) | 61 (58·1) | |
| Father/main carer's occupation at age 14 years | 0.89 | ||
| Manager/professional/business owner/administrator | 2117 (32·5) | 35 (32·7) | |
| Trade/sales/care services | 2039 (31·3) | 34 (31·8) | |
| Plant worker/Casual jobs/Unemployed | 2134 (32·5) | 32 (29·9) | |
| Other including retiredc | 252 (3·7) | 6 (5·6) | |
| No. of books in the household at age 10 years | 0.24 | ||
| Enough to fill two or more bookcases (>100 books) | 1122 (17·2) | 22 (20·6) | |
| Enough to fill one bookcase (26–100 books) | 1933 (29·5) | 32 (29·9) | |
| Enough to fill one shelf (11–25 books) | 1571 (24·0) | 16 (14·9) | |
| None or very few (0–10 books) | 1630 (24·9) | 26 (24·3) | |
| Other including missingc | 286 (4·4) | 11 (10·3) |
ELSA, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
a
Unless otherwise stated, this denotes the number of participants in each category (with the respective percent in brackets).
b
Education and wealth data were available for 6628 and 6524 participants, respectively.
c
The other/missing category was not used in the calculation of the P value.