Demographic characteristics and long-term health conditions of study participants
| ID | Sex | Employment status | Occupational social class *,†,‡,§ | No. of WtW conditions¶ | Total no. of non-WtW conditions** | Mental health/social isolation†† | Age band (years) | Months involved with WtW at interview | No. of services linked into |
| 1 | Male | Retired | 7 | 3 | 3 | Yes | 70–74 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Female | Retired | 2 | 3 | 3 | Yes | 70–74 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Female | Employed | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | 45–49 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Female | Unemployed | 8 | 2 | 1 | Yes | 55–59 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Female | Retired | 2 | 2 | 4 | Yes | 65–69 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Male | Retired | 4 | 2 | 1 | Yes | 65–69 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Male | Unemployed | 7 | 2 | 1 | No | 55–59 | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | Female | Unemployed | 2 | 2 | 3 | No | 55–59 | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | Male | Employed | 4 | 3 | 3 | Yes | 55–59 | 7 | 5 |
| 10 | Male | Unemployed | 4 | 2 | 4 | Yes | 60–64 | 7 | 4 |
| 11 | Male | Unemployed | 2 | 2 | 4 | Yes | 45–49 | 7 | 5§§ |
| 12 | Male | Unemployed | 4 | 1 | 3 | Yes | 55–59 | 7 | 1 §§ |
| 13 | Male | Unemployed | 7 | 1 | 2 | Yes | 60–64 | 7 | 0§§ |
| 14 | Male | Unemployed | 2 | 2 | 1 | No | 60–64 | 7 | 5 |
| 15 | Female | Retired | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | 70–74 | 8 | 3 |
| 16 | Female | Retired | 2 | 2 | 0 | No | 65–69 | 8 | 0 §§ |
| 17 | Female | Unemployed | 3 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 50–54 | 9 | 1 |
| 18 | Female | Retired | 3 | 3 | 2 | Yes | 65–69 | 10 | 1 |
| 19 | Male | Retired | 6 | 2 | 4 | Yes | 65–69 | 10 | 2 |
| 20 | Male | Retired | 4 | 2 | 1 | No | 70–74 | 11 | 1 |
| 21 | Female | Retired | 5 | 3 | 1 | No | 70–74 | 12 | 3 |
| 22 | Female | Unemployed | 3 | 2 | 2 | Yes | 40–44 | 12 | 1 |
| 23 | Male | Retired | 6 | 2 | 4 | No | 70–74 | 12 | 2 |
| 24 | Female | Retired | 2 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 70–74 | 12 | 0 §§ |
| 25 | Female | Unemployed | 2 | 3 | 1 | Yes | 50–54 | 12 | 0 §§ |
| 26 | Male | Retired | 3 | 2 | 3 | No | 70–74 | 13 | 3 |
| 27 | Male | Employed | 4 | 1 | 1 | Yes | 40–44 | 14 | 0 |
| 28 | Male | Retired | 4 | 2 | 1 | No | 70–74 | 14 | 3 |
| 29 | Male | Employed | 6 | 1 | 3 | Yes | 60–64 | NK‡‡ | 1 |
| 30 | Female | Unemployed | 2 | 2 | 2 | Yes | 45–49 | NK‡‡h | 1§§ |
*SOC2010 volume 3: the National Statistics Socio-economic classification (NS-SEC rebased on SOC2010) 22
†.Last occupation used except when had changed due to health issues and occupation before health forced change was used for classification.
‡Occupations of NS-Sec analytical class coded using classification tool found at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/standardoccupationalclassificationsoc/soc2010. Last accessed 21 September 2016.
§1 = 2 = Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupation. 3 = Intermediate occupation. 4 = Small employers and own account workers. 5 = Lower supervisory and technical occupation. 6 = Semiroutine occupation. 7 = Routine occupation. 8 = Never worked/long-term unemployed.
¶Conditions which triggered a referral to Ways to Wellness were: diabetes (types 1 and 2), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, coronary heart disease, heart failure, epilepsy, osteoporosis) with or without anxiety or depression. This column indicates the number of ‘Ways to Wellness’ long-term conditions that participants had been diagnosed with by a medical practitioner.
**Based on self-report at interview.
††A broad category that includes low mood, anxiety, depression, loneliness and social isolation and is based on self-report at interview where participants described or reported these conditions or feelings.
‡‡Not known
§§Received welfare benefits advice from Link Worker and were not referred onto specialist welfare rights services.
WtW, Ways to Wellness.