Characteristics of residents in NDC intervention and comparator areas at baseline (2002)
| NDC sample | Comparator sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per cent | 95% CI | Per cent | 95% CI | |
| In good self-reported health | 40.4 | 39.3 to 41.4 | 40.7 | 37.3 to 44.2 |
| Very/fairly good life satisfaction | 78.1 | 76.1 to 80.0 | 81.4 | 74.9 to 88.1 |
| Mean MHI-5 mental health score* | 71.4 | 71.0 to 71.8 | 73.1 | 71.7 to 74.5 |
| Female | 59.7 | 58.7 to 60.8 | 54.1 | 50.6 to 57.5 |
| Cohabiting | 30.6 | 29.7 to 31.4 | 27.0 | 24.5 to 29.6 |
| Dependent children | 37.3 | 36.3 to 38.3 | 37.1 | 33.9 to 40.5 |
| NVQ 1 or below | 58.0 | 57.0 to 59.1 | 53.6 | 50.2 to 57.1 |
| NVQ 2 or 3 | 28.6 | 27.6 to 29.6 | 32.7 | 29.6 to 36.1 |
| NVQ 4 or 5 | 13.4 | 12.7 to 14.1 | 13.6 | 11.5 to 16.1 |
| Rents accommodation | 58.8 | 57.8 to 59.8 | 43.2 | 39.9 to 46.6 |
| Non-white | 23.3 | 22.4 to 24.1 | 19.0 | 16.3 to 22.1 |
| Jobless household | 43.1 | 42.1 to 44.1 | 39.2 | 36.1 to 42.5 |
| Mean age | 46.0 | 45.6 to 46.3 | 47.7 | 46 to 5–48.9 |
Data: MORI NDC and comparator longitudinal data set. Sample size is 10 638 and 1010 in NDC and comparator areas, respectively.
*Cumulative score ranges from 0 (poorest mental health) to 100 (best mental health), not used in the multivariate analysis.
NDC, New Deal for Communities; NVQ, national vocational qualification.