Table 1.
Characteristics of analytical sample (respondents who took part in all of 2019, April, and July COVID-19 surveys) v. all respondents who took part in wave 9
| Analytical sample | Wave 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full sample (N = 9737)a | Home-carers (N = 565) | Non-carers (N = 9170)a | Full sample (N = 25 696) | |
| Age [n (%)] | ||||
| 16–40 | 3123 (32.1) | 136 (24.0) | 2987 (32.6) | 9118 (35.5) |
| 41–70 | 5063 (52.0) | 305 (53.9) | 4758 (51.9) | 12 396 (48.2) |
| 71+ | 1551 (15.9) | 125 (22.1) | 1425 (15.5) | 4174 (16.2) |
| Missing | 9 (0.0) | |||
| Gender [n (%)] | ||||
| Men | 4661 (47.9) | 240 (42.5) | 4419 (48.2) | 12 385 (48.2) |
| Women | 5037 (52.1) | 325 (57.5) | 4747 (51.8) | 13 311 (51.8) |
| Education [n (%)] | ||||
| Degree or higher | 4117 (42.4) | 203 (35.9) | 3914 (42.9) | 9711 (37.8) |
| A-level | 2196 (22.6) | 122 (21.6) | 2074 (22.7) | 5665 (22.0) |
| GCSE | 2004 (20.7) | 128 (22.6) | 1876 (20.5) | 5203 (20.2) |
| Other | 812 (8.4) | 68 (12.0) | 744 (8.1) | 2280 (8.9) |
| No qualification | 571 (5.9) | 45 (8.0) | 526 (5.8) | 2746 (10.7) |
| Missing | 91 (0.4) | |||
| Ethnicity [n (%)] | ||||
| White British | 8561 (87.9) | 495 (87.5) | 8066 (88.0) | 22 289 (86.7) |
| White Irish | 91 (0.9) | 7 (1.2) | 84 (0.9) | 338 (1.3) |
| White Other | 246 (2.5) | 7 (1.2) | 239 (2.6) | 793 (3.1) |
| Mixed | 145 (1.5) | 5 (0.9) | 140 (1.5) | 327 (1.3) |
| Asian/Asian British | 415 (4.3) | 47 (8.3) | 368 (4.1) | 1116 (4.3) |
| Black/Black British | 147 (1.5) | 2 (0.4) | 145 (1.6) | 463 (1.8) |
| Other | 43 (0.4) | 3 (0.5) | 40 (0.4) | 111 (0.4) |
| Missing | 257 (1.0) | |||
| Home-carer [n (%)] | ||||
| No | 9170 (94.2) | – | – | 23 750 (92.4) |
| Yes | 565 (5.8) | – | – | 1903 (7.4) |
| Missing | 43 (0.2) | |||
| GHQ-12 score (mean (s.d.)) | ||||
| 2019 | 2.45 (3.59) | 1.89 (3.14) | ||
| April 2020 | 3.17 (3.54) | 2.77 (3.34) | ||
| July 2020 | 2.94 (3.95) | 1.96 (3.27) | ||
a
Subtotals may not add up due to missing values.