Table 3 Panel member personal characteristics

Males

Females

Total

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

National (England and Scotland)

Difference between Panel (total) and National^a

Age

50.5

13.4

46.0

13.0

48.2

13.3

N

%

N

%

N

%

%

% (P)

Employment

Student

2

3.7

5

8.6

7

6.3

8.2

-0.7 (NS)

Full-time

25

46.3

22

37.9

47

42.0

55.7

-5.2 (NS)

Part-time

2

3.7

13

22.4

15

13.4

16.0

0.2 (NS)

Unemployed

0

0

3

5.2

3

2.7

4.0

-0.8 (NS)

Retired

14

25.9

7

12.1

21

18.8

16.0

6.5 (NS)

Other

5

9.3

5

8.6

10

8.9

Unknown

6

11.1

3

5.2

9

8.0

Marital Status

Married

33

61.1

37

63.8

71

68.3

40.6

27.7 (<0.05)

Single

11

20.4

10

17.2

21

18.8

44.5

-24.1 (<0.05)

Divorced

3

5.6

5

8.6

8

7.1

6.3

1.4 (NS)

Separated

1

1.9

1

1.7

2

1.8

2.0

-0.002 (NS)

Widow

1

1.9

1

1.7

2

1.8

6.6

-4.8 (NS)

Unknown

5

9.3

4

6.9

9

8.0

Ethnicity

White

44

81.5

42

72.4

86

76.8

91.4

-14.6 (<0.05)

Non-white

0

0.0

1

1.7

1

0.9

8.6

-7.7 (<0.05)

Unknown

10

18.5

15

25.9

25

22.3