Table 1 Study population demographics
Demographics | 2009–10 | 2012–13 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glasgow and surrounding authorities | Study Area 1 (South) | Study Area 2 (East) | Study Area 3 (North) | Glasgow and surrounding authorities | Study Area 1 (South) | Study Area 2 (East) | Study Area 3 (North) | ||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Age | |||||||||
16 to 24 | 328 (8.9) | 14 (7.6) | 16 (8.1) | 21 (10.7) | 373 (8.9) | 12 (6.1) | 20 (10.5) | 13 (6.1) | |
25 to 59 | 2251 (60.7) | 121 (65.4) | 122 (61.9) | 120 (61.2) | 2524 (60.0) | 140 (71.1) | 113 (59.2) | 139 (65.0) | |
60 plus | 1127 (30.4) | 50 (27.0) | 59 (29.9) | 55 (28.1) | 1308 (31.1) | 45 (22.8) | 58 (30.4) | 62 (29.0) | |
Gender | |||||||||
Male | 1627 (43.9) | 79 (42.7) | 76 (38.6) | 88 (44.9) | 1874 (44.6) | 92 (46.7) | 79 (41.4) | 100 (46.7) | |
Female | 2079 (56.1) | 106 (57.3) | 121 (61.4) | 108 (55.1) | 2331 (55.4) | 105 (53.3) | 112 (58.6) | 114 (53.3) | |
Current economic status | |||||||||
Employed/Education/Training | 2079 (56.1) | 106 (57.3) | 109 (55.3) | 111 (56.6) | 2399 (57.1) | 128 (65.0) | 100 (52.4) | 124 (57.9) | |
Unemployed, seeking work or Unable to work due to sickness | 437 (11.8) | 19 (10.3) | 25 (12.7) | 22 (11.2) | 475 (11.3) | 23 (11.7) | 32 (16.8) | 28 (13.1) | |
Retired | 962 (26.0) | 43 (23.2) | 49 (24.9) | 47 (24.0) | 1103 (26.2) | 37 (18.8) | 48 (25.1) | 53 (24.8) | |
Other | 228 (6.2) | 17 (9.2) | 14 (7.1) | 16 (8.2) | 228 (5.4) | 9 (4.6) | 11 (5.8) | 9 (4.2) | |
How is your health in general? | |||||||||
Very good/good | 2632 (71.2) | 125 (67.9) | 137 (69.5) | 135 (68.9) | 3054 (72.6) | 154 (78.2) | 117 (61.3) | 156 (72.9) | |
Fair/Bad/Very bad | 1066 (28.8) | 59 (32.1) | 60 (30.5) | 61 (31.1) | 1151 (27.4) | 43 (21.8) | 74 (38.7) | 58 (27.1) | |
Number of journey stages (completed on single day of survey) by study area | |||||||||
Stages | 9777 | 435 | 477 | 541 | 11684 | 543 | 560 | 593 | |
Mean (range) number of stages | 2.1 (1 to 14) | 1.9 (1 to 8) | 2.0 (1 to 8) | 2.2 (1 to 10) | 2.2 (1 to 10) | 2.2 (1 to 10) | 2.3 (1 to 9) | 2.1 (1 to 10) | |