Demographic and socioeconomic information
| Age-adjusted | ||||||
| South Asian men (n = 776) | White men (n = 606) | Partial η2 | South Asian women (n = 354) | White women (n = 212) | Partial η2 | |
| Age (years) | 57.2 (10.3) | 57.7 (10.2) | 52.9 (9.0) | 55.9 (10.1)*** | ||
| Marital status: married | 89.2% | 71.4%***† | 0.052 | 82.12% | 59.9%***† | 0.059 |
| No. of children | 2.55 (0.45) | 2.06 (0.56)***† | 0.037 | 2.58 (0.64) | 1.66 (0.85)***† | 0.121 |
| No. of people in household | 4.16 (0.06) | 2.75 (0.06)***† | 0.167 | 4.20 (0.09) | 2.84 (0.11)***† | 0.140 |
| Income | ||||||
| <£20 000 | 38.0% | 37.1% | 0.050 | 38.3% | 36.0% | 0.010 |
| £20 000–£35 000 | 31.1% | 21.8% | 25.4% | 21.3% | ||
| >£35 000 | 30.8% | 41.1%** | 36.3% | 42.7%* | ||
| Home ownership | 81.0% | 80.7% | 0.000 | 84.5% | 82.9% | 0.000 |
| Car ownership | 81.6% | 85.7%* | 0.003 | 68.5% | 80.0%**† | 0.016 |
| Paid employment | 63.0% | 65.7% | 0.001 | 56.1% | 70.9%***† | 0.026 |
| Self-employed | 20.1% | 24.7% | 0.003 | 7.2% | 9.6% | 0.002 |
| Educational attainment: | ||||||
| Lower | 44.0% | 43.6% | 0.000 | 56.6% | 42.4% | 0.019 |
| Higher | 56.0% | 56.4% | 43.4% | 57.6%**† | ||
| Age completing education (years) | 19.8 (0.16) | 17.7 (0.17)***† | 0.060 | 18.1 (0.26) | 18.1 (0.31) | 0.000 |
| Household consumables | 9.01 (0.07) | 8.62 (0.07)***† | 0.011 | 8.97 (0.09) | 8.87 (0.12) | 0.001 |
| Social deprivation | 0.68 (0.03) | 0.38 (0.03)***† | 0.040 | 0.73 (0.04) | 0.41 (0.05)***† | 0.044 |
Values are means (SD or SE), % and Partial η2.
Significant ethnic group difference, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
†Significant ethnic group difference remains after adjustment for SES, p<0.05.