Table 6 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of analytic sample and rest of NDNS sample
Characteristic | High DASH analytic sample | Rest of sample | Total | Coefficient (95 %CI)/ x2 | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 1063 | 5301 | 6364 | ||
Demographic | |||||
Age (mean (SD)) | 52.4 (51.2, 53.7) | 47.0 (46.3, 47.8) | 48.0 (47.3, 48.6) | 5.4 (4.0, 6.8) | < 0.01 |
Sex (% male) | 42.2 | 50.0 | 48.6 | 22.8 | < 0.01 |
Ethnicity (% white) | 82.8 | 90.4 | 88.9 | 74.9 | < 0.01 |
Children (% with a child aged < 16) | 28.3 | 32.3 | 31.6 | 18.6 | < 0.01 |
Socioeconomic | |||||
Education (% degree) | 38.7 | 22.6 | 25.5 | 127.4 | < 0.01 |
Equivalised income (% > £35,000) | 36.0 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 38.4 | < 0.01 |
Occupation (% professional) | 52.8 | 40.2 | 42.5 | 60.8 | < 0.01 |