Table 1.
Demographic information on the sample and that of the NSfW (34).
| Number | Percent | NSfW 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 12989 | |||
| Gender | Male | 2490 | 19.2 | 44.9 |
| Female | 10391 | 80.0 | 55.1 | |
| Other | 25 | 0.2 | – | |
| Prefer not to say/no response | 83 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
| Age | 16–24 | 703 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| 25–34 | 1870 | 14.4 | 11.9 | |
| 35–44 | 2647 | 20.4 | 13.0 | |
| 45–54 | 3254 | 25.1 | 15.6 | |
| 55–64 | 2761 | 21.3 | 18.2 | |
| 65–74 | 775 | 6.0 | 19.9 | |
| 75+ | 968 | 7.5 | 15.6 | |
| Prefer not to say/no response | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Ethnicity | White—any | 12553 | 96.6 | 96.4 |
| Asian—any | 130 | 1.0 | 1.7 | |
| Black—any | 16 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Mixed—any | 110 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |
| Other | 74 | 0.6 | 0.8 | |
| Prefer not to say/no response | 106 | 0.8 | 0.1 | |
| Relationship status | Single | 1847 | 14.2 | 28.4 |
| Married/civil partnership | 7101 | 54.7 | 45.2 | |
| Co-habiting | 1880 | 14.5 | – | |
| Partner non-cohabiting | 753 | 14.2 | – | |
| Separated | 198 | 1.5 | 2.4 | |
| Divorced | 652 | 5.0 | 11.8 | |
| Widowed | 406 | 3.1 | 12.2 | |
| Other | 69 | 0.5 | – | |
| Prefer not to say/no response | 83 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
| Employment | Paid employment | 8533 | 65.7 | 46.3 |
| Self-employed | 502 | 3.9 | ||
| Student | 480 | 3.7 | 3.7 | |
| Apprentice | 31 | 0.2 | – | |
| Unemployed | 149 | 1.1 | 2.1 | |
| Long term sick/disability | 413 | 3.2 | 5.5 | |
| Retired | 1945 | 15.0 | 36.6 | |
| Furloughed | 574 | 4.4 | – | |
| Stay at home parent | 228 | 1.8 | 4.7 | |
| Full time carer | 42 | 0.3 | ||
| Other | 2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | |
| Prefer not to say/no response | 90 | 0.7 | 0.0 |