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Table 1 Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the two study samples

From: Assessing the health of the general population in England: how do the three- and five-level versions of EQ-5D compare?

Respondent characteristics

EQ-5D-5L valuation study (n = 996)

HSE 2012 (n = 7294)

X 2 (DF)

P value

Sex

X 2 (1) = 4.9

0.03

 Female

591 (59.3 %)

4058 (55.6 %)

 Male

405 (40.7 %)

3236 (44.4 %)

Age

X 2 (3) = 9.6

0.02

 Below 35

202 (20.3 %)

1769 (24.3 %)

 35–54

381 (38.3 %)

2522 (34.6 %)

 55–64

155 (15.6 %)

1173 (16.1 %)

 65 and above

258 (25.9 %)

1830 (25.1 %)

Employment status

X 2 (1) = 2.7

0.10

 Yes

504 (50.6 %)

3893 (53.4 %)

 No/retired/economically inactive/no answer

492 (49.4 %)

3401 (46.6 %)

Retirement status

X 2 (1) = 1.1

0.30

 Yes

277 (27.8 %)

1915 (26.3 %)

 No or no answer

719 (72.2 %)

5379 (73.8 %)

Health Limit a

X 2 (1) = 7.0

0.00

 Yes

268 (26.9 %)

1675 (23.0 %)

 No or no answer

728 (73.1 %)

5619 (77.0 %)

Ethnic group

X 2 (1) = 0.1

0.80

 White

899 (90.3 %)

6565 (90.0 %)

 Other or no answer

97 (9.7 %)

729 (10.0 %)

Education background

X 2 (1) = 9.6

0.00

 Degree or above

211 (21.2 %)

1877 (25.7 %)

 Other

785 (78.8 %)

5417 (74.3 %)

Religion

X 2 (1) = 2.3

0.13

 Christian

636 (63.9 %)

4477 (61.4 %)

 Other or no answer

360 (36.1 %)

2817 (38.6 %)

  1. aDefined as long lasting illness in HSE 2012