Table 1. Sociodemographics of analytic sample.
| Characteristic N = 7107 | No hearing impairment n (weighted %) | Hearing impairment n (weighted %) | No visual impairment n (weighted %) | Visual impairment n (weighted %) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (and % of total sample) | 5900 (85.7%) | 1207 (14.3%) | 6173 (88.1%) | 934 (11.9%) |
| Number scoring Positive on Psychosis Screening Questionnaire (PSQ) | 368 (6.4%) | 67 (6.3%) | 348 (5.9%) | 87 (9.6%) |
| Male | 2280 (47.8%) | 594 (55.2%) | 2509 (49.1%) | 365 (47.4%) |
| Aged over 65 | 1330 (15.9%) | 713(50.2%) | 1662 (19.3%) | 378 (32.0%) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White British | 4928 (79.2%) | 1112 (89.6%) | 5216 (80.2%) | 824 (84.1%) |
| Any other ethnic background | 972 (20.8%) | 95 (10.4%) | 957 (19.8%) | 110 (15.8%) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married or cohabiting | 3303 (61.7%) | 645 (65.1%) | 3521 (63.0%) | 427 (56.4%) |
| Single | 1355 (26.3%) | 138 (12.2%) | 1314 (24.7%) | 179(21.3%) |
| Divorced or separated | 761 (7.6%) | 162 (9.0%) | 765 (7.4%) | 158 (10.8%) |
| Widowed | 481 (4.4%) | 262 (13.8%) | 573 (5.0%) | 170 (11.6%) |
| Highest educational qualification | ||||
| Degree | 1533 (26.7%) | 210 (19.5%) | 1576 (26.6%) | 167 (19.1%) |
| Teaching/higher national diploma/nursing | 485 (7.8%) | 95 (7.9%) | 509 (7.9%) | 71 (7.3%) |
| A levels | 1000 (19.4%) | 153 (14.5%) | 1041 (19.4%) | 112 (14.0%) |
| GCSE or equivalent | 1457 (25.8%) | 227 (20.2%) | 1466 (24.9%) | 218 (25.8%) |
| Foreign/other | 180 (2.6%) | 71 (5.6%) | 211 (3.0%) | 40 (3.5%) |
| No qualifications | 1245 (17.6%) | 451 (32.5%) | 1370 (18.3%) | 326 (30.3%) |
| Tenure | ||||
| Own outright | 1908 (27.8%) | 651 (49.8%) | 2201 (30.7%) | 358 (32.8%) |
| Buying with help of mortgage or loan/shared ownership scheme | 1925 (35.2%) | 207 (22.3%) | 1922 (34.3%) | 210 (26.6%) |
| Renting | 1897 (32.9%) | 318 (25.3%) | 1876 (31.2%) | 339 (36.2%) |
| Living rent-free (including squatting) | 170 (4.1%) | 31 (2.7%) | 174(3.8%) | 27 (4.4%) |
| Currently taking antipsychotic medications | 66 (1.0%) | 18 (1.3%) | 58 (0.8%) | 26 (2.3%) |
| Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDIT) scorea | 4.2 (4.6) | 3.7 (4.2) | 4.1 (4.4) | 4.0 (5.3) |
| Verbal Intelligence Quotient (IQ)a | 103.4(15.3) | 102.9 (16.2) | 103.7 (15.1) | 100.5 (17.1) |
| Social Functioning Questionnaire (SFQ) scorea | 4.2 (3.5) | 3.9 (3.4) | 4.0 (3.4) | 5.1 (4.1) |
| Reported having ever been diagnosed with psychosis or schizophrenia | 31 (<0.1%) | 6 (<0.1%) | 29 (<0.1%) | 8 (<0.1%) |
This is the analytic sample for the primary analyses.
n = Number in group (unweighted) weighted % = percentage of group weighted.
a
For these variables, the mean (standard deviation) is shown.