Table 1

Comparison among people without a disability, people with a mild disability, and people with a severe disability

Parameter	Without a disability (n=7550)		With a mild disability (n=3761)		With a severe disability (n=1469)		p Value, χ² test*
Parameter	n	%	n	%	n	%	p Value, χ² test*
Gender
Male (n=5573)	3345	44.3	1595	42.4	633	43.1	p=0.182
Female (n=7207)	4205	55.7	2166	57.6	836	56.9	p=0.182
Age groups
16–29 (n=1077)	898	11.9	147	3.9	32	2.2	p<0.0001
30–44 (n=2685)	2114	28.0	440	11.7	131	8.9
45–59 (n=3387)	2159	28.6	850	22.6	378	25.7
60–79 (n=4827)	2144	28.4	1956	52.0	727	49.5
80+ (n=806)	234	3.1	369	9.8	203	13.8
Urbanisation (degree)
Densely populated area (n=7570)	4447	58.9	2253	59.9	870	59.2	p=0.978
Intermediate-populated area (n=3416)	2039	27.0	989	26.3	388	26.4
Thinly populated area (n=1796)	1065	14.1	519	13.8	212	14.4
Regions
England (n=10 549)	6244	82.7	3133	83.3	1172	79.8	p=0.002
Wales (n=592)	317	4.2	184	4.9	91	6.2
Scotland (n=1103)	672	8.9	316	8.4	115	7.8
Northern Ireland (n=536)	317	4.2	128	3.4	91	6.2
Civil status
Not married (n=2389)	1706	22.6	496	13.2	187	12.7	p<0.0001
Married (n=6995)	4394	58.2	1944	51.7	657	44.7
Widowed (n=1747)	642	8.5	748	19.9	357	24.3
Divorced (n=1649)	808	10.7	572	15.2	269	18.3
Nationality
British (n=12 279)	7157	94.8	3682	97.9	1440	98.0	p<0.0001
Not British (n=501)	393	5.2	79	2.1	29	2.0	p<0.0001
Employment
Employed (n=5752)	4507	59.7	1091	29.0	154	10.5	p<0.0001
Unemployed (n=551)	310	4.1	188	5.0	53	3.6
Inactive (n=6477)	2733	36.2	2482	66.0	1262	85.9
Education
Secondary (n=8558)	4606	61.0	2764	73.5	1188	80.9	p<0.0001
Tertiary, technical (n=1954)	1231	16.3	553	14.7	170	11.6
Tertiary, university (n=2268)	1714	22.7	444	11.8	110	7.5
Health self-assessment
Bad (n=1389)	23	0.3	530	14.1	836	56.9	p<0.0001
Fair (n=2626)	408	5.4	1771	47.1	447	30.4
Good (n=8766)	7120	94.3	1459	38.8	187	12.7
Income quintiles
Below first quintile (n=2770)	1261	16.7	1012	26.9	497	33.8	p<0.0001
Between first and second quintile (n=2760)	1480	19.6	880	23.4	400	27.2
Between second and third quintile (n=2555)	1472	19.5	801	21.3	282	19.2
Between third and fourth quintile (n=2431)	1699	22.5	545	14.5	187	12.7
Between fourth and fifth quintile (n=2265)	1638	21.7	523	13.9	104	7.1

↵*Sex and age adjusted.