Table 1.
Characteristic | Number of respondents (N=408) | Percentage (%) | |||
Gender | |||||
|
Male | 173 | 42.4 | ||
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Female | 198 | 48.5 | ||
|
Unanswered | 37 | 9.1 | ||
Age (years) | |||||
|
16-30 | 90 | 22.1 | ||
|
31-45 | 81 | 19.9 | ||
|
46-64 | 123 | 30.1 | ||
|
65-79 | 61 | 15 | ||
|
>80 | 15 | 3.7 | ||
|
Unanswered | 38 | 9.3 | ||
Ethnicity | |||||
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White/British | 174 | 42.6 | ||
|
White/Other | 55 | 13.5 | ||
|
African/Caribbean | 45 | 11 | ||
|
Asian | 56 | 13.7 | ||
|
Mixed or multiple ethnic | 10 | 2.5 | ||
|
Other | 26 | 6.4 | ||
|
Unanswered | 42 | 10.3 | ||
Education | |||||
|
No qualifications | 34 | 8.3 | ||
|
GCSEa/O-Levelb/NVQc | 67 | 16.4 | ||
|
A-Leveld | 70 | 17.2 | ||
|
University degree | 167 | 40.9 | ||
|
Other | 29 | 7.1 | ||
|
Unanswered | 41 | 10.0 | ||
Personal health status | |||||
|
Poor | 42 | 10.3 | ||
|
Fair | 107 | 26.2 | ||
|
Good | 119 | 29.2 | ||
|
Very good | 86 | 21.1 | ||
|
Excellent | 18 | 4.4 | ||
|
Unanswered | 36 | 8.8 | ||
Internet usage | |||||
|
Daily | 301 | 73.8 | ||
|
Less frequent | 42 | 10.3 | ||
|
No access | 29 | 7.1 | ||
|
Unanswered | 36 | 8.8 | ||
Smartphone ownership | |||||
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Yes | 315 | 77.2 | ||
|
No | 53 | 13.0 | ||
|
Prefer not to say | 4 | 1.0 | ||
|
Unanswered | 36 | 8.8 |
aGCSE: General Certificate of Secondary Education.
bO-Level: General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
bNVQ: National Vocational Qualifications.
cA-Level: General Certificate of Education Advanced Level.