Table 2

Control variable descriptives (weighted)

n%
Gender
 Female526654.90
 Male432745.10
Employment status
 Employed569259.34
 Unemployed4434.61
 Retired243025.33
 Maternity/caring5735.97
 Student1011.05
 Long-term sick/disabled3053.18
 Other500.52
Ethnicity
 White British840787.64
 Other white4344.53
 Asian4034.21
 Other3483.63
Cohabitation
 Yes665469.36
 No293930.64
Region
 North-East4654.85
 North-West108411.3
 Yorkshire and Humber8168.51
 East Midlands7257.55
 West Midlands8618.98
 East of England9379.77
 London119212.42
 South-East132913.86
 South-West8498.85
 Wales5075.28
 Scotland8288.63
Highest qualification
 Degree229123.89
 Other higher education (below degree level)122212.74
 A-level and similar176518.40
 GCSE and similar190019.81
 Other qualification103610.80
 No qualifications137814.36
Income quartile (equivalised gross household income, standardised by age)
 1260427.14
 2241225.15
 3228623.83
 4229023.88
Current subjective financial situation
 Living comfortably275128.68
 Doing alright325233.90
 Just about getting by255526.63
 Finding it quite difficult7297.60
 Finding it very difficult3063.19
Long-standing illness
 Yes343035.75
 No616364.25
Smoking behaviour
 Never smoked497751.88
 Ex-smoker255426.62
 Current smoker, up to 10 per day104310.88
 Current smoker, 11–20 per day8618.97
 Current smoker, 21+ per day1581.64
BMI
 Under 18.5 (underweight)991.03
 18.5 to under 25 (recommended weight)294730.72
 25 to below 30 (overweight)378439.45
 30 to below 40 (class 1 obese)250826.14
 40 and above (class 2 obese)2552.66