Table 1

Characteristics of men and women by work pattern

Sample	Men (n=11 215)					Women (n=12 188)					Men (n=11 215)				Women (n=12 188)
Work pattern	Weekly work hours (hours/wk)										Weekend working
Work pattern	<35	35–40	41–54	≥55		<35	35–40	41–54	≥55		None	Some	Most/all		None	Some	Most/all
N	1645	4101	4104	1365		5881	3653	2191	463		3794	4839	2582		6091	3720	2377
%	14.8	35.9	36.9	12.4		48.7	28.7	18.6	4.0		32.9	44.1	23.0		49.4	30.6	20.0
Age (years)
Mean (95% CI)	45.4	41.3	41.1	42.3		43.6	40.2	39.6	42.3		43.1	42.0	39.8		42.6	42.2	39.3
Mean (95% CI)	(44.4 to 46.4)	(40.8 to 41.8)	(40.7 to 41.5)	(41.5 to 43.1)		(43.1 to 44.0)	(39.7 to 40.7)	(39.0 to 40.2)	(40.9 to 43.6)		(42.5 to 43.6)	(41.8 to 42.6)	(39.2 to 40.5)		(42.2 to 43.0)	(41.7 to 42.7)	(38.6 to 39.9)
16–34	31.3	32.9	32.8	28.1		25	35.5	38.6	28.4	***	29.5	30.0	39.6	***	28.2	29.1	39.2	***
≥35	68.7	67.1	67.2	71.9		75	64.5	61.4	71.6		70.5	70.0	60.4		71.8	70.9	60.8
Marital status					***					*******				***				***
Single	27.5	21.9	17.6	15.0		14.5	24.3	26.0	21.7		19.0	18.4	25.9		17.3	19.7	26.0
Married/cohabit	66.1	73.3	77.8	79.8		73.8	63.5	62.8	63.4		76.5	76.2	69.2		71.4	68.1	61.3
Seperated/divorced/ widowed	6.4	4.7	4.6	5.1		11.7	12.2	11.2	14.9		4.4	5.4	4.9		11.3	12.2	12.7
Children in the household					***					*******				***				***
None	77.8	65.0	61.9	60.1		52.1	75.1	77.0	77.2		68.0	63.0	65.3		62.0	66.2	67.3
0–4 years	11.8	17.0	18.7	19.3		18.7	8.4	7.4	7.3		14.9	17.9	18.9		13.3	12.4	14.0
5–9 years	5.6	8.6	9.1	9.5		14.2	6.1	5.3	4.3		8.4	8.8	7.7		11.3	9.4	6.8
10–15 years	4.8	9.4	10.3	11.1		15.0	10.4	10.2	11.2		8.6	10.4	8.0		13.4	12.0	11.8
Education attainment					***					*******				***				***
Degree	37.6	40.8	42.6	41.5		37.7	48.3	61.1	65.9		45.2	42.8	31.8		45.3	53.4	37.6
A level	23.0	23.8	23.9	20.3		19.3	21.2	18.4	11.8		21.4	23.4	25.9		19.7	17.4	21.5
GCSE	20.6	20.3	20.2	20.9		25.7	19.9	15.2	13.3		18.5	19.5	24.8		21.4	19.1	25.9
Other qualification	10.0	8.7	9.0	10.9		9.2	6.7	3.5	6.8		8.7	9.3	10.1		7.9	6.0	7.9
No qualification	8.8	6.3	4.2	6.4		8.2	3.9	1.8	2.3		6.3	4.9	7.3		5.6	4.2	7.2
NS-SEC occupations					***					*******				***				***
Manager/professional	28.7	42.5	47.8	45.5		27.8	47.0	61.8	65.2		50.4	44.8	27.8		41.3	49.0	28.7
Intermediate	29.6	21.7	18.8	22.9		26.2	27.8	16.7	19.7		18.5	22.7	25.2		29.1	20.6	20.0
Routine	41.8	35.8	33.4	31.7		46.1	25.2	21.4	15.1		31.2	32.6	47.0		29.6	31.3	51.3
Equivalised household income					***					*******				***				***
Quintile 1 (lowest)	16.7	5.7	4.1	6.8		12.1	4.6	3.0	4.3		5.4	5.8	10.9		7.0	7.0	11.8
Quintile 2	20.7	13.7	10.7	9.2		20.7	10.7	7.9	7.4		12.3	11.8	16.3		14.4	13.0	19.2
Quintile 3	20.7	22.4	18.3	16.2		23.4	21.0	15.1	11.0		20.8	17.9	22.3		21.2	19.0	21.8
Quintile 4	19.7	29.3	27.8	24.8		23.5	30.9	27.0	20.7		26.5	27.4	25.8		27.9	25.1	23.7
Quintile 5 (highest)	22.2	29.0	39.1	43.1		20.3	32.7	47.0	56.6		34.9	37.0	24.7		29.6	35.9	23.4
Chronic illness					***					*******				***				**
None diagnosed	74.3	81.4	82.6	81.5		80.8	84.6	85.7	83.4		79.9	80.1	83.4		81.7	83.7	84.8
Diagnosed	25.7	18.6	17.4	18.5		19.2	15.4	14.3	16.6		20.1	19.9	16.6		18.3	16.3	15.2
Smoker status					***									***				***
Non-smoker	35.7	41.0	39.9	35.0		45.6	47.0	45.3	45.0		42.3	37.5	37.5		48.9	44.2	41.2
Ex-smoker	41.8	36.4	37.6	36.8		34.3	31.9	27.0	37.5		37.4	39.1	35.4		33.3	35.6	30.4
Smoker	22.5	22.6	22.5	28.3		20.2	21.0	22.0	17.5		20.4	23.4	27.1		17.8	20.2	28.4
Income satisfaction					***					*******				***				***
Satisfied	55.4	57.9	62.5	62.6		56.2	59.2	64.8	64.9		61.3	61.1	54.9		60.7	60.1	53.2
Neutral	13.7	14.0	12.5	12.1		12.7	11.4	10.2	8.4		12.3	13.4	13.9		10.9	11.6	14.0
Dissatisfied	30.8	28.2	25.0	25.4		31.1	29.3	25.0	26.7		26.3	25.4	31.2		28.4	28.3	32.9
Job physicality					***					*******				***				***
Not at all	26.2	23.3	24.7	32.3		22.1	16.5	19.1	28.1		18.7	25.1	35.2		14.4	21.0	33.0
Not very	41.7	35.8	37.2	35.4		43.3	35.4	36.7	42.6		33.7	37.6	41.2		36.4	40.3	47.3
Fairly	19.7	24.6	25.4	23.4		21.4	29.8	30.4	18.5		28.3	24.7	16.6		30.0	25.4	14.0
Very physical	12.4	16.3	12.7	9.0		13.2	18.3	13.8	10.8		19.3	12.6	6.9		19.01	13.3	5.7
Job satisfaction										*				**				**
Satisfied	77.7	75.1	77.6	80.0		79.7	80.5	79.9	78.1		74.4	79.1	76.7		80.9	80.0	77.0
Neutral	8.5	8.5	7.9	6.6		7.0	6.2	4.5	6.1		9.3	7.1	8.2		5.8	5.7	8.0
Dissatisfied	13.8	16.5	14.5	13.4		13.4	13.3	15.6	15.8		16.3	13.9	15.2		13.2	14.4	14.9
Work autonomy					**					**				***				**
Mean (95% CI)	10.9	11.4	11.9	12.5		10.3	11.1	11.5	11.9		11.6	12.0	11.2		10.8	11.0	10.4
Mean (95% CI)	(10.6 to 11.2)	(11.3 to 11.6)	(11.8 to 12.1)	(12.3 to 12.8)		(10.2 to 10.4)	(10.9 to 11.2)	(11.3 to 11.6)	(11.4 to 12.3)		(11.4 to 11.7)	(11.8 to 12.1)	11.0 to 11.5)		(10.7 to 10.9)	(10.8 to 11.2)	(10.2 to 10.6)

Figures are percentages unless stated otherwise. Percentages are weighted. Sample sizes are unweighted.
*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.
NS-SEC, National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification.