Sociodemographic characteristics and primary outcomes in intervention and control groups for baseline and follow-up surveys
| Control | Intervention | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (n=2046) (95% CI) | Follow-up (n=1876) (95% CI) | Baseline (n=2061) (95% CI) | Follow-up (n=1886) (95% CI) | |
| Mean age in years | 38.4 (36.6 to 40.2) | 38.7 (37.2 to 40.2) | 38.0 (36.4 to 39.5) | 37.7 (36.4 to 39.1) |
| Gender % female | 52.7 (49.2 to 56.2) | 56.2 (53.1 to 59.3) | 57.5 (54.6 to 60.6) | 57.5 (54.5 to 60.5) |
| Ethnicity, % | ||||
| White British | 28.9 (22.0 to 35.7) | 23.0 (17.4 to 28.6) | 33.2 (25.5 to 40.9) | 25.7 (18.5 to 32.8) |
| White other | 14.0 (9.8 to 18.2) | 13.3 (9.1 to 17.4) | 12.6 (8.9 to 14.2) | 17.5 (12.8 to 22.2) |
| Black Caribbean | 12.1 (8.2 to 15.9) | 10.9 (6.4 to 15.5) | 11.4 (8.7 to 14.2) | 10.4 (8.1 to 12.7) |
| Black African | 18.0 (12.2 to 23.7) | 22.3 (17.0 to 27.6) | 15.6 (11.3 to 19.8) | 21.2 (15.2 to 27.1) |
| Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi | 11.6 (4.7 to 18.5) | 19.7 (10.2 to 29.2) | 9.3 (2.1 to 16.5) | 11.7 (5.7 to 17.8) |
| Other Asian | 4.6 (2.1 to 7.0) | 5.0 (2.7 to 7.4) | 4.3 (2.6 to 6.1) | 5.5 (3.9 to 7.1) |
| Mixed | 4.5 (3.3 to 5.6) | 2.2 (1.1 to 3.3) | 5.0 (3.2 to 6.8) | 3.7 (1.7 to 5.6) |
| Other | 6.5 (4.1 to 8.9) | 3.7 (1.5 to 5.8) | 8.6 (4.2 to 12.9) | 4.4 (1.9 to 6.9) |
| Level of educational attainment | ||||
| No formal qualifications | 8.8 (4.1 to 13.5) | 11.7 (6.3 to 17.2) | 11.8 (7.5 to 16.1) | 10.4 (5.6 to 15.2) |
| GCSE or equivalent | 32.2 (27.5 to 37.0) | 28.7 (23.3 to 34.1) | 32.9 (27.4 to 38.5) | 34.1 (29.0 to 39.2) |
| A-level or equivalent | 29.3 (26.0 to 32.6) | 19.9 (17.3 to 22.5) | 27.8 (23.9 to 31.5) | 22.1 (18.6 to 25.7) |
| University degree | 28.5 (23.2 to 33.9) | 36.9 (28.3 to 45.5) | 26.7 (21.7 to 31.8) | 31.3 (25.9 to 36.7) |
| Other | 1.1 (0.1 to 2.2) | 2.8 (1.1 to 4.5) | 0.8 (0.1 to 1.5) | 2.1 (0.4 to 3.7) |
| Employment % in paid employment (full or part-time) | 42.2 (37.1 to 47.3) | 42.8 (37.3 to 48.3) | 42.8 (38.3 to 47.3) | 42.3 (38.6 to 45.9) |
| Healthy eating—meeting five-a-day, % | 38.3 (33.9 to 42.7) | 53.4 (47.6 to 59.3) | 36.6 (33.1 to 40.1) | 55.6 (50.3 to 60.9) |
| Physical activity—meeting 5×30 min per week, % | 66.5 (61.2 to 71.7) | 66.5 (59.0 to 74.0) | 63.4 (56.5 to 70.3) | 68.4 (63.5 to 73.2) |
| Mental health—self-report feeling anxious or depressed % | 18.7 (13.6 to 23.8) | 9.0 (6.4 to 11.5) | 17.8 (13.6 to 22.0) | 8.4 (6.4 to 10.4) |
| Hope Scale Score* | 4.6 (4.5 to 4.7) | 4.8 (4.8 to 4.9) | 4.5 (4.4 to 4.6) | 4.9 (4.8 to 5.1) |
*Higher score indicates greater hopefulness.
GCSE, General Certificate of School Education.