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Table 1 Socio-demographic, socioeconomic and self-reported health characteristics by volunteering and caregiving status, for cohort members aged 25–74 years at the 2011 Census

From: Are volunteering and caregiving associated with suicide risk? A Census-based longitudinal study

 

Non- caregiver

and Volunteer

Caregiver only

Volunteer only

Caregiver and Volunteer

Proportion of Cohort (n)

734,618

130,816

110,467

42,099

Age (years)

 25–34

23.9

13.3

22.8

11.0

 35–44

23.0

22.9

23.5

21.3

 45–54

21.4

30.5

22.8

33.3

 55–64

17.5

21.3

17.8

23.2

 65–74

14.2

12.0

13.1

11.2

Sex

 Male

50.3

40.2

47.7

38.8

 Female

49.7

59.8

52.3

61.2

Marital status

 Married

56.0

66.2

63.0

71.2

 Never married

26.7

20.3

24.2

17.3

 Widowed/Sep/Divorced

17.3

13.5

12.7

11.5

Single Person Household

 No

84.7

92.5

85.6

90.2

 Yes

15.3

7.5

14.4

9.8

Religion

 Catholic

43.1

41.3

37.5

38.0

 Presbyterian

21.3

22.2

22.3

23.1

 Church of Ireland

15.4

16.3

14.3

14.7

 Methodist

3.3

3.7

3.5

3.9

 Other Christian

5.6

6.1

10.9

10.4

 Other religions

0.9

0.8

1.3

1.1

 No religion

10.4

9.7

10.2

8.8

Tenure/ property value

 £200 k

8.8

10.5

16.9

19.3

 £150-199 k

11.3

13.1

16.8

19.1

 £100-149 k

22.3

23.7

23.4

25.0

 £75–99.9 k

14.2

14.4

10.9

11.0

  < £75 k

9.7

9.0

6.0

5.8

 Missing value

6.1

5.3

7.7

6.9

 Private renting

1.6

1.3

1.8

1.3

 Social renting

26.1

22.6

16.6

11.6

Household car access

 Two or more

46.7

48.4

59.9

63.5

 One

37.7

39.5

31.9

31.3

 None

15.6

12.1

8.2

5.2

Education

 Degree

28.6

27.5

52.3

50.2

 Intermediate

40.0

44.0

37.7

40.7

 No qualifications

31.4

28.5

10.0

9.2

Economic Activity

 Employed full-time

46.6

39.8

53.2

47.7

 Employed part-time

15.5

18.6

19.0

22.8

 Unemployed

4.5

3.4

3.9

3.2

 Retired

16.2

16.1

15.2

15.7

 Homemaker

3.9

12.3

2.8

5.8

 Permanently sick

9.7

6.6

3.0

2.3

 Other

3.6

3.3

2.9

2.4

Area

 Urban

37.7

40.2

37.0

35.9

 Intermediate

34.9

32.9

32.0

30.4

 Rural

27.5

26.8

31.0

33.7

Activity limitation

 No

74.9

76.9

85.3

83.3

 A little

9.6

12.6

9.1

12.0

 A lot

15.5

10.4

5.7

4.7

General health

 Very good

37.0

31.8

47.7

41.4

 Good

35.9

42.0

38.0

42.7

 Fair

18.3

20.9

11.9

14.3

 Bad

6.9

4.4

2.0

1.4

 Very bad

1.9

0.9

0.3

0.2

Chronic conditions

 Mental ill-health

9.0

8.4

5.0

5.7

 Mobility problems

14.5

11.5

6.9

7.2

 Chronic pain

14.1

14.0

8.4

10.2

Mortality

 Died by suicide

0.060

0.032