Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for continuous and categorical variables.

Variable name	Mean	SD	Medians	Ranges	Skewness	Kurtosis
Age	41.37	12.29	41.00	16.00–84.00	0.19	2.49
Satisfaction with health	5.02	1.40	5.00	1.00–7.00	−0.79	3.23
Satisfaction with income of household	4.58	1.45	5.00	1.00–7.00	−0.49	2.76
Satisfaction with house/flat	5.33	1.32	6.00	1.00–7.00	−0.95	3.80
Satisfaction with spouse/partner	6.16	1.20	7.00	1.00–7.00	−1.86	6.72
Satisfaction with job	5.05	1.43	5.00	1.00–7.00	−0.84	3.46
Satisfaction with social life	4.82	1.35	5.00	1.00–7.00	−0.47	2.93
Satisfaction with amount of leisure time	4.29	1.50	4.00	1.00–7.00	−0.19	2.45
Satisfaction with use of leisure time	4.62	1.42	5.00	1.00–7.00	−0.34	2.65
Overall life satisfaction	5.26	1.09	5.00	1.00–7.00	−0.82	4.02
Neuroticism	3.61	1.24	3.67	1.00–7.00	0.21	2.80
Openness	5.43	0.95	5.67	1.00–7.00	−0.59	3.33
Agreeableness	4.56	1.13	4.67	1.00–7.00	−0.07	2.73
Conscientiousness	5.44	0.98	5.67	1.00–7.00	−0.43	2.85
Extraversion	4.58	1.11	4.67	1.00–7.00	−0.25	3.10
Variable name	Value		Count (n)		Percent (%)
Present legal marital status	Married		8,115		51.96
	Separated		327		2.09
	Divorced		1,248		7.99
	Widowed		1,192		7.63
	Never married		4,727		30.27
Highest educational qualification	Higher degree		425		2.7
	First degree		1,597		10.2
	Teaching QF		339		2.2
	Other higher QF		3,432		22.0
	Nursing QF		161		1.0
	GCE A levels		1811		11.6
	GCE O levels or equi		2,517		16.1
	Commercial QF, No O		331		2.1
	CSE Grade 2–5, Scot G		421		2.7
	Apprenticeship		257		1.6
	Other QF		102		0.7
	No QF		2,787		17.8
	Still at school No Q		138		0.9
Political party supported	Conservative		2,372		15.2
	Labor		3,964		25.4
	Lib Dem/Lib/SDP		1,606		10.3
	Scot Nat		396		2.5
	Plaid Cymru		206		1.3
	Green party		179		1.1
	Other party		142		0.9
	Other answer		54		0.3
	None		2,213		14.2
	Cannot vote		287		1.8
	Ulster Unionist		480		3.1
	SDLP		457		2.9
	Alliance party		119		0.8
	Democratice Unionist		504		3.2
	Sinn Fein		233		1.5
	Other party		42		0.3		Variable name	Value	Count (n)	Percent (%)
Sex	Male		7,120		45.6
	Female		8,497		54.4
Employment status	Self employed		1,030		6.60
	In paid employ		7,318		46.86
	Unemployed		486		3.11
	Retired		3,074		19.68
	Maternity leave		94		0.60
	Family care		953		6.10
	FT studt, school		877		5.62
	LT sick, disabled		656		4.20
	Govt trng scheme		24		0.15
	Something else		106		0.68