Table 1.
Characteristic | Category | n/N (%) or Mean (s.d.)* |
---|---|---|
Age (years) | Mean (s.d.) | 49.1 (14.9)* |
18–24 | 2872 (4.0) | |
25–34 | 10858 (15.3) | |
35–44 | 14 521 (20.4) | |
45–54 | 15 602 (21.9) | |
55–64 | 14 426 (20.3) | |
65–74 | 10 230 (14.4) | |
⩾75 | 2608 (3.7) | |
Gender | Female | 53 026 (74.6) |
Male | 17 756 (25.0) | |
Other / prefer not to say | 335 (0.5) | |
Ethnicity | White | 66 673 (93.8) |
Other | 4179 (5.9) | |
Missing | 265 (0.4) | |
Educational level | Lower secondary | 10 576 (14.9) |
Higher secondary | 12 889 (18.1) | |
Graduate | 47 652 (67.0) | |
Living situation | Lives alone | 12 735 (17.9) |
Lives with others | 58 382 (82.1) | |
Marital status | Cohabiting with partner/spouse | 44 863 (63.1) |
Living apart from partner/spouse | 4903 (6.9) | |
Divorced/widowed | 8973 (12.6) | |
Single, never married | 12 378 (17.4) | |
Employment | In employment | 46 333 (65.2) |
Retired/not working | 24 784 (34.8) | |
Household income | <£ 30 000 | 25 141 (35.4) |
⩾£ 30 000 | 39 422 (55.4) | |
Prefer not to say | 6554 (9.2) | |
Usual social contact | Less than once weekly | 21 171 (29.8) |
Once or twice per week | 24 239 (34.1) | |
Three or more per week | 25 428 (35.8) | |
Missing | 279 (0.4) | |
Mean interpersonal reactivity index scores | Empathic concern (n = 29 437) | 4.0 (0.7)* |
Perspective taking (n = 29 573) | 3.7 (0.7)* |
s.d., standard deviation. Most of the values in the third column are n (%) but the ones with an asterisk, such as 'age' are mean (SD).