Characteristic
|
Number
|
Per cent
|
Men | 3863 | 44 |
Women | 4938 | 56 |
Age |
18–24 | 980 | 11 |
25–34 | 2003 | 23 |
35–44 | 2129 | 24 |
45–54 | 2112 | 24 |
55–64 | 1529 | 18 |
Social class |
I | 450 | 6 |
II | 2468 | 32 |
IIIN | 2118 | 28 |
IIIM | 1218 | 16 |
IV | 1141 | 15 |
V | 312 | 4 |
Longstanding illness (all types) | 3701 | 42 |
Asthma | 621 | 7 |
Used casualty department (last 3 months) | 479 | 5 |
Used outpatients department (last 3 months) | 1410 | 16 |
Hospital inpatient (last year) | 998 | 11 |
Visited GP's surgery (last year) |
never | 1256 | 14 |
once | 2018 | 23 |
2–3 times | 3200 | 36 |
4–5 times | 1148 | 13 |
6 or more times | 1209 | 14 |
Damp housing (serious problem) | 109 | 1 |
Damp housing (nuisance) | 812 | 9 |
Cold housing (most of the time/quite often) | 686 | 8 |
Crowded home (very crowded/slightly crowded) | 1361 | 15 |
Desire to move away (very strong/prefer to) | 1310 | 15 |
Speeding traffic (serious problem) | 1401 | 16 |
Poor public transport (serious problem) | 1140 | 13 |
Burglaries (serious problem) | 958 | 11 |
All other environmental factors (serious problem) | | ⩽7 |
Worry about money (a lot/all the time) | 2284 | 26 |
Worry about pressure at work (a lot/all the time) | 1901 | 22 |
Worry about job security (a lot/all the time) | 837 | 10 |
SF-36 dimension
|
Mean score
|
SD |
energy and vitality | 58 | 20 |
general health perception | 71 | 20 |
mental health | 72 | 18 |
pain | 79 | 23 |
physical functioning | 88 | 20 |
role limitation mental | 86 | 21 |
role limitation physical | 87 | 22 |
social functioning | 83 | 23 |