Independent variables | Weighted n=2080.8 | Weighted % | Unweighted n=2065 | Unweighted % |
Sex | ||||
Male | 1086.3 | 52.2 | 1158 | 56.1 |
Female | 994.5 | 47.8 | 907 | 43.9 |
Age | ||||
Median (IQR; min–max) | 47 (31–59; 18–95) | – | 52 (38–66; 18–95) | – |
18–24 | 261.6 | 12.6 | 146 | 7.1 |
25–34 | 331.5 | 15.9 | 246 | 11.9 |
35–44 | 366.4 | 17.6 | 368 | 17.8 |
45–54 | 379.0 | 18.2 | 355 | 17.2 |
55–64 | 308.7 | 14.8 | 339 | 16.4 |
65≤ | 429.3 | 20.6 | 608 | 29.3 |
Country of birth | ||||
In the UK | 1525.4 | 73.3 | 1589 | 76.9 |
Outside the UK | 555.4 | 26.7 | 476 | 23.1 |
Country of residence | ||||
Scotland | 174.8 | 8.4 | 184 | 8.9 |
Wales | 99.6 | 4.8 | 93 | 4.5 |
England | 1806.4 | 86.8 | 1788 | 86.6 |
Cohabitation | ||||
Alone | 334.1 | 16.1 | 599 | 29.0 |
Living with at least one other person | 1735.7 | 83.4 | 1461 | 70.8 |
Community environment | ||||
Big city/suburbs or outskirts of a big city | 693.6 | 33.3 | 684 | 33.1 |
Small city or town | 860.6 | 41.4 | 880 | 42.6 |
Village, farm or country home | 452.6 | 21.8 | 492 | 23.8 |
Housing tenure | ||||
Owns their residence | 1405.2 | 67.5 | 1387 | 67.1 |
Rents/part-owns their residence | 662.0 | 31.8 | 666 | 32.3 |
Education | ||||
No qualifications | 397.6 | 19.1 | 477 | 23.1 |
Secondary school qualification | 455.8 | 21.9 | 444 | 21.5 |
Postsecondary qualification | 619.7 | 29.8 | 549 | 26.6 |
University qualification | 433.2 | 20.8 | 391 | 18.9 |
Household income per month | ||||
£1200≥ | 440.2 | 21.2 | 543 | 26.3 |
£1201–2200 | 349.9 | 16.8 | 386 | 18.7 |
£2201–3700 | 414.3 | 19.9 | 392 | 19.0 |
£3701≤ | 452.0 | 21.7 | 376 | 18.2 |
Experience working in health or social care | ||||
No experience | 1788.1 | 85.9 | 1763 | 85.4 |
Has experience | 287.6 | 13.8 | 295 | 14.3 |
Living with a chronic condition or disability | ||||
No chronic condition/disability | 1550.5 | 74.5 | 1422 | 69.0 |
Has a chronic condition/disability | 528.0 | 25.4 | 641 | 31.0 |
Religious beliefs | ||||
Has religious beliefs | 1085.7 | 52.2 | 1125 | 54.5 |
No religious beliefs | 990.4 | 47.6 | 934 | 45.2 |
Death of a close person in the last 5 years | ||||
No | 749.9 | 36.0 | 738 | 35.7 |
Yes | 1316.5 | 63.3 | 1312 | 63.5 |
Comfort talking about death | ||||
Comfortable | 1488.8 | 71.5 | 1494 | 72.3 |
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable | 351.7 | 16.9 | 344 | 16.7 |
Uncomfortable | 231.4 | 11.1 | 217 | 10.5 |
Preferred information source for end-of-life care | ||||
General practitioner/doctor | 615.8 | 29.6 | 596 | 28.9 |
Friends or family | 552.2 | 26.5 | 538 | 26.1 |
Other source | 561.3 | 27.0 | 564 | 27.3 |
Table presents the number of study respondents and percentages calculated in columns. Missing data (not applicable/refused/unknown): age (n=3), cohabitation, (n=5), community environment (n=9), housing tenure (n=12), education (n=204), household income (n=368), experience working in health or social care (n=7), living with a chronic condition or disability (n=2), religious beliefs (n=6), death of a close person in the last 5 years (n=15), comfort talking about death (n=10), preferred information source for end-of-life care (n=367).