Table 2.

Demographic features of the study population (n = 739)

Age	Count	%	Religion	Count	%
18–24	336	45.5	Agnostic	110	14.9
25–30	84	11.4	Atheist	198	26.8
31–45	163	22.1	Buddhist	6	0.8
46–60	125	16.9	Christian	345	46.7
60+	31	4.2	Hindu	13	1.8
			Jewish	16	2.2
Gender	Count	%	Muslim	25	3.4
Female	590	79.8	Sikh	6	0.8
Male	145	19.6	Other	20	2.7
Nonbinary	3	0.4
Other	1	0.1
Number of children	Count	%	Highest qualification	Count	%
0	402	54.4	No qualification	5	0.7
1	97	13.1	Professional/vocational qualification	64	8.7
2	171	23.1	GCSE/O-Level	44	6.0
3	46	6.2	A-Level/BTEC	360	48.7
4 or more	23	3.1	Bachelor’s degree	181	24.5
			Postgraduate degree	79	10.7
			Other	6	0.8
Ethnicity				Count	%
Arab				4	0.5
Asian - Bangladeshi				2	0.3
Asian - Chinese				0	0.0
Asian - Indian				13	1.8
Asian - Other				15	2.0
Asian - Pakistani				3	0.4
Black - African				56	7.6
Black - Caribbean				17	2.3
Black - Other				4	0.5
Mixed - White and Asian				0	0.0
Mixed - White and Black African				1	0.1
Mixed - Other				9	1.2
Mixed - White and Black Caribbean				9	1.2
White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish				552	74.7
White - Gypsy or traveller				0	0.0
White - Irish				10	1.4
White - Other				43	5.8
Other				1	0.1

GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education, O-Level Ordinary level, BTEC Business and Technology Education Council