Exploring the relationships between housing, neighbourhoods and mental wellbeing for residents of deprived areas

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Mental Wellbeing by Sociodemographic Factors

	Sample demographics		Wellbeing
	Total		Low	Average	High
	N	%	%	%	%
Gender
Male	1,986	42.7	36.7	32.1	31.2
Female	2,671	57.3	39.3	34.0	26.7
Age or respondent
16-24	348	7.6	25.9	28.2	46.0
25-39	1,318	28.8	33.2	34.5	32.3
40-54	1,240	27.1	39.9	31.8	28.3
55-64	635	13.9	40.9	35.1	23.9
65+	1,039	22.7	44.4	34.2	21.5
Ethnic group
British--white	3,626	78.9	38.6	33.9	27.5
Non-British	1,022	21.1	36.8	30.4	32.8
Highest educational attainment
None	2,689	57.7	45.0	31.7	23.4
Completed compulsory schooling	883	18.9	30.1	36.4	33.5
Post compulsory secondary school	290	6.2	27.9	30.7	41.4
Post school further training	578	12.4	29.2	36.0	34.8
University qualification	217	4.66	24.4	35.5	40.1
Household structure
Young adult	2,186	5.1	37.8	32.7	29.5
Single-parent family	807	17.3	38.8	35.6	25.6
Two-parent family	661	14.2	29.1	32.5	38.4
Older person	1,003	21.5	44.4	33.2	22.4
SF12 General health
Excellent	854	18.3	26.4	29.5	44.2
Very good	1,049	22.5	20.8	37.9	41.4
Good	1,316	28.3	32.6	39.4	28.0
Fair/Poor	1,438	30.8	63.1	26.3	10.6
Long-standing illness
Yes	1,409	30.3	60.8	26.5	12.6
Employment status
Working	1,427	30.7	19.3	39.0	41.7
Not working	1,935	41.7	46.7	28.4	24.9
Retired	1,281	27.6	42.9	35.4	21.7
Source of income/benefits
State benefits	2,377	51.1	45.5	30.2	24.2
Private (income from employment)	1,007	21.6	17.6	37.5	44.9
Rather not say/don't know	1,273	27.4	40.8	35.3	23.9
Vehicle ownership
Yes	1,203	25.8	23.8	36.9	39.3

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