Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample and target population in Luton, UK.
| Sociodemographic Characteristic | Subcategory | Sample N |
Sample (Luton) % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | <30 | 361 | 34.1 (20) |
| 31–40 | 200 | 18.9 (16.4) | |
| 41–50 | 244 | 23.1 (12.4) | |
| 51–65 | 178 | 16.8 (15.1) | |
| 65+ | 56 | 5.3 (0.7) | |
| Gender | Male | 414 | 39.1 (51) |
| Female | 634 | 59.9 (48) | |
| Other | 10 | 1.0 (-) | |
| Ethnicity | Asian: Indian | 132 | 12.5 (5.2) |
| Asian: Pakistani | 502 | 48.1 (14.4) | |
| Asian: Bangladeshi | 176 | 16.6 (6.7) | |
| Black African | 91 | 8.6 (4.5) | |
| Black Caribbean | 75 | 7.1 (4.0) | |
| Mixed: white and black Caribbean | 9 | 0.9 (1.9) | |
| Mixed ethnic background: white and black African | 6 | 0.6 (0.5) | |
| Mixed ethnic background: white and Asian | 21 | 2.0 (0.9) | |
| Any other ethnic background | 26 | 2.5 (0.7) | |
| Education Status | No formal qualifications | 123 | 11.6 |
| GCSE or equivalent | 178 | 16.8 | |
| A-Level or equivalent | 233 | 22.0 | |
| First Degree (e.g., BSc, BA) | 294 | 27.8 | |
| Higher degree (e.g., MSc, MA) | 147 | 13.9 | |
| Other | 67 | 6.3 | |
| Religion | None | 38 | 3.7 |
| Christian | 154 | 14.8 | |
| Muslim | 728 | 70.1 | |
| Hindu | 53 | 5.1 | |
| Sikh | 48 | 4.6 | |
| Any other religion | 17 | 1.6 | |
| Indices Multiple Deprivation (IMD) Decile | 1—Most deprived | 12 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 162 | 15.3 | |
| 3 | 117 | 11.1 | |
| 4 | 98 | 9.3 | |
| 5 | 109 | 10.3 | |
| 6 | 24 | 2.3 | |
| 7 | 44 | 4.2 | |
| 8 | 53 | 5.0 | |
| 9 | 14 | 1.3 | |
| 10—Least deprived | 0 | 0 |
Ethnicity, age, and gender of Luton population is based on 2011 census statistics [33].