Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Unweighted | Weighted | |||
| n | % | n | % | |
| Age | ||||
| 18–29 | 464 | 9.4 | 824 | 16.7 |
| 30–39 | 772 | 15.6 | 852 | 17.3 |
| 40–49 | 848 | 17.1 | 806 | 16.3 |
| 50–59 | 904 | 18.3 | 867 | 17.6 |
| 60–69 | 1011 | 20.4 | 711 | 14.4 |
| 70–79 | 773 | 15.6 | 657 | 13.3 |
| 80+ | 178 | 3.6 | 218 | 4.4 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 2136 | 42.9 | 2402 | 48.3 |
| Female | 2830 | 56.9 | 2567 | 51.6 |
| Other | 10 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White British | 4261 | 86.3 | 3999 | 81.2 |
| Any other white background | 319 | 6.5 | 335 | 6.8 |
| Mixed or multiple ethnic groups | 64 | 1.3 | 100 | 2.0 |
| Asian or Asian British | 164 | 3.3 | 306 | 6.2 |
| Black or black British | 67 | 1.4 | 101 | 2.1 |
| Other | 62 | 1.3 | 81 | 1.6 |
| Country | ||||
| England | 4369 | 87.9 | 4291 | 86.3 |
| Scotland | 390 | 7.8 | 442 | 8.9 |
| Wales | 212 | 4.3 | 237 | 4.8 |
| Urban/rural status* | ||||
| Urban | 3789 | 76.2 | 4006 | 80.6 |
| Rural | 1182 | 23.8 | 965 | 19.4 |
| Highest educational qualification | ||||
| Degree or equivalent, and above | 2503 | 50.4 | 2077 | 41.8 |
| A levels or vocational level 3 or equivalent and above, but below degree | 1005 | 20.2 | 1131 | 22.8 |
| Other qualifications below A levels or vocational level 3 or equivalent | 788 | 15.9 | 838 | 16.9 |
| Other qualification | 256 | 5.2 | 304 | 6.1 |
| No qualifications | 416 | 8.4 | 618 | 12.4 |
| Subjective financial status | ||||
| Living comfortably | 1552 | 31.2 | 1289 | 26.0 |
| Doing alright | 2028 | 40.8 | 2035 | 40.9 |
| Just about getting by | 975 | 19.6 | 1132 | 22.8 |
| Finding it quite difficult | 271 | 5.5 | 337 | 6.8 |
| Finding it very difficult | 142 | 2.9 | 175 | 3.5 |
| COVID-19 status | ||||
| Diagnosed with COVID-19 | 241 | 4.8 | 294 | 5.9 |
| Think definitely had COVID-19 | 140 | 2.8 | 172 | 3.5 |
| Think probably had COVID-19 | 710 | 14.3 | 755 | 15.2 |
| Think probably not had COVID-19 | 1945 | 39.1 | 1880 | 37.8 |
| Think definitely not had COVID-19 | 1393 | 28.0 | 1305 | 26.2 |
| Don't know if had COVID-19 | 547 | 11.0 | 566 | 11.4 |
*England and Wales, based on Office for National Statistics definition of urban as population greater than 10 000. Scotland based on Scottish Government definition of urban as population greater than 3000.