Table 2 Characteristics of participants, by area and recruitment venue type
Variable | South & West Yorkshire | South East Wales | Combined Areas | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthcare settings | Community settings | Healthcare settings | Community settings | Total | ||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Gender | Male | 13 (44.8) | 46 (37.4) | 8 (27.6) | 19 (35.8) | 86 (36.7) |
Female | 16 (55.2) | 77 (62.6) | 21 (72.4) | 34 (64.2) | 148 (63.3) | |
Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 64.5 (10.74) | 61.6 (11.98) | 61.1 (10.19) | 58.9 (11.91) | 61.3 (11.6) |
Education | Finished school at/before age 16 | 14 (48.3) | 64 (52.0) | 17 (58.6) | 24 (45.3) | 119 (50.8) |
Completed GCSEs, O-Levels or equivalent | 9 (31.0) | 21 (17.1) | 6 (20.8) | 11 (20.8) | 47 (20.1) | |
Completed A-levels or equivalent | 0 (0.0) | 9 (7.3) | 1 (3.4) | 4 (7.5) | 14 (6.0) | |
Completed further education but not degree | 5 (17.3) | 22 (17.9) | 1 (3.4) | 8 (15.1) | 36 (15.4) | |
Completed Bachelor’s degree/Master’s/PhD | 1 (3.4) | 7 (5.7) | 4 (13.8) | 6 (11.3) | 18 (7.7) | |
Employ-ment | Employed full-time | 3 (10.3) | 10 (8.1) | 4 (13.8) | 9 (17.0) | 26 (11.1) |
Employed part-time | 1 (3.4) | 12 (9.8) | 3 (10.3) | 5 (9.4) | 21 (9.0) | |
Full-time homemaker | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.3) | |
Retired | 22 (75.9) | 52 (42.3) | 13 (44.8) | 21 (39.6) | 108 (46.1) | |
Un- employed | 0 (0.0) | 22 (17.9) | 4 (13.8) | 11 (20.8) | 37 (15.8) | |
Self-employed | 0 (0.0) | 6 (4.9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (2.6) | |
Disabled or too ill to work | 3 (10.3) | 18 (14.6) | 5 (17.2) | 6 (11.3) | 32 (13.7) | |
Prefer not to say | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (0.4) | |
Ethnicity | White | 28 (96.6) | 122 (99.2) | 28 (96.6) | 51 (96.2) | 229 (97.9) |
White and Black Caribbean | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (0.4) | |
White and Black African | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | |
Pakistani | 1 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | |
Caribbean | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (0.4) | |
Other ethnic group | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | |