Table 1 Participant characteristics (n = 4862)
n%
Sex
Male237849
Female248451
Missing data00
Age (years)
15–2476216
25–3481717
35–4477116
45–5483217
55–6465613
65+102421
Missing data00
Social grade (based on occupation of chief income earner)a
A1683
B116324
C1131727
C2105322
D74415
E4169
Missing data1<1
Household income (annual)
Up to £11 49965013
£11 500–£24 99980417
£25 000+166434
Missing data174436b
Marital status
Married/living as280158
Single140729
Widowed/divorced/separated63613
Missing data18<1
Working status
Working267655
In education3988
Not working178837
Missing data00
Region of England
North139529
Midlands105722
South169735
London71315
Missing data00
Ethnicity
White417186
Mixed461
Asian4529
Black1303
Other531
Missing data10<1
Housing tenure
Mortgage/owned302862
Rented175136
Other381
Missing data451
aBased on National Readership Survey categories: A: High managerial, administrative, or professional B: Intermediate managerial, administrative, or professional C1: Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative, or professional C2: Skilled manual workers D: Semi and unskilled manual workers E: State pensioners, casual, or lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only bMissing data of around one-third is usual for the Capibus survey