Table 1

Engagement in clubs and societies by demographic characteristics

	Education, arts, music	Church or religious	Sports or exercise	Charitable	Social clubs	Political, union, environment	Resident or neighbourhood	Other
All (%)	17.40	24.60	26.00	21.90	20.00	15.70	23.40	19.60
Sex
Men (%)	13.20	18.90	25.90	20.40	23.4	19.00	25.00	33.80
Women (%)	20.80	29.30	26.10	23.10	17.20	13.10	22.00	26.80
	χ²=25.4***	χ²=37.2***	χ²=0.01	χ²=2.80	χ²=14.9***	χ²=16.4***	χ²=3.0	χ²=15.0***
Age (years)
55-64 (%, n=1504)	15.82	20.2	27.0	20.5	18.6	17.3	20.9	27.9
65+ (%, n=1044)	19.64	31.0	24.6	23.9	22.0	13.5	26.8	33.0
	χ²=6.2*	χ²=39.4***	χ²=1.8	χ²=4.1*	χ²=4.5*	χ²=6.6**	χ²=12.6***	χ²=7.6**
Employment
Not working (%, n=1492)	19.0	28.0	26.3	23.8	19.8	11.6	26.3	30.8
Working (%, n=1056)	15.1	19.8	25.6	19.1	20.3	21.6	19.2	28.7
	χ²=6.8**	χ²=22.5***	χ²=0.2	χ²=7.9**	χ²=0.1	χ²=46.6***	χ²=17.2***	χ²=1.3
Marital status
Not coupled (%, n=618)	19.7	24.6	22.8	19.6	22.2	14.4	21.0	29.6
Married or cohabiting (%, n=1930)	16.6	24.6	27.1	22.6	19.3	16.2	24.1	30.1
	χ²=3.2	χ²<0.001	χ²=4.4*	χ²=2.5	χ²=2.4	χ²=1.1	χ²=2.4	χ²=0.04
Education
Education: NVQ1 (%, n=718)	8.9	18.5	16.0	12.4	23.3	8.8	15.5	17.8
NVQ2 (%, n=544)	16.2	22.4	29.0	21.5	19.1	15.6	23.9	32.4
NVQ3 (%, n=837)	16.9	28.2	26.6	24.6	21.3	16.0	26.2	33.1
Degree (%, n=449)	33.4	30.3	37.2	32.3	13.6	26.5	30.1	40.5
	χ² =116.8***	χ²=29.3***	χ²=69.2***	χ²=70.0***	χ²=17.4***	χ²=65.5***	χ²=40.1***	χ²=79.7***
Wealth
First (%, n=496)	11.1	21.0	13.3	15.3	21.4	11.3	14.1	15.1
Second (%, n=508)	13.8	21.9	23.0	14.8	19.5	15.0	17.1	26.8
Third (%, n=498)	14.5	25.3	23.7	20.3	24.3	16.3	21.3	32.3
Fourth (%, n=514)	22.6	29.2	32.9	26.7	19.8	19.5	30.0	35.8
Fifth (%, n=532)	24.4	25.6	36.3	31.6	15.4	16.5	33.5	38.9
	χ²=49.3***	χ²=11.8*	χ²=87.0***	χ²=64.4***	χ²=13.4**	χ²=13.3**	χ²=78.7***	χ²=84.5***

*P <0.05, ** P<0 .01, *** P<0.001.