Right to buy (N=537) | Social non-mover (N=2475) | Social mover (N=506) | Owner mover (N=253) | p Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | |||||
Sex | |||||
Male | 237 (44.1) | 1035 (41.8) | 197 (38.9) | 109 (43.1) | 0.38 |
Female | 300 (55.9) | 1440 (58.2) | 309 (61.1) | 144 (56.9) | |
Age | |||||
<30 | 134 (25.0) | 554 (22.4) | 190 (37.6) | 107 (42.3) | <0.001 |
30–59 | 311 (57.9) | 1033 (41.7) | 218 (43.1) | 130 (51.4) | |
60+ | 92 (17.1) | 888 (35.9) | 98 (19.4) | 16 ( 6.3) | |
Marital status* | |||||
Married | 355 (66.1) | 1151 (46.5) | 267 (52.8) | 125 (49.4) | <0.001 |
Unmarried | 182 (33.9) | 1324 (53.5) | 239 (47.2) | 128 (50.6) | |
Financial status† | |||||
Comfortable | 338 (62.9) | 1040 (42.0) | 186 (36.8) | 154 (60.9) | <0.001 |
Getting by | 162 (30.2) | 997 (40.3) | 201 (39.7) | 72 (28.5) | |
Difficult | 37 ( 6.9) | 438 (17.7) | 119 (23.5) | 27 (10.7) | |
Employment status‡ | |||||
Employed | 362 (67.4) | 782 (31.6) | 153 (30.2) | 179 (70.8) | <0.001 |
Unemployed | 103 (19.2) | 954 (38.5) | 270 (53.4) | 60 (23.7) | |
Retired | 72 (13.4) | 739 (29.9) | 83 (16.4) | 14 ( 5.5) | |
Educational qualifications§ | |||||
None/primary | 227 (42.3) | 1518 (61.3) | 265 (52.4) | 71 (28.1) | <0.001 |
Secondary/above | 310 (57.7) | 957 (38.7) | 241 (47.6) | 182 (71.9) | |
Mean (SD) | |||||
GHQ score | |||||
Wave t−1¶ | 10.6 (5.2) | 12.3 (6.2) | 13.4 (7.2) | 11.5 (6.0) | <0.001 |
Wave t+1** | 10.9 (5.2) | 12.4 (6.2) | 12.9 (6.9) | 10.8 (5.4) | <0.001 |
*Married or cohabiting versus not.
†Comfortable or doing all right versus getting by versus finding it quite or very difficult to get by.
‡Employed or training versus unemployed, sick, maternity leave, home carer or studying versus retired.
§No or primary qualification versus secondary or higher qualification.
¶Wave immediately preceding any change in address and/or tenure.
**Wave 1 year on from any change in address and/or tenure.
GHQ, General Health Questionnaire.