Table 2

Education, marital and employment status

	Male		Female		All*
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Education status
GCSE, O-level or equivalent	1339	24.8	15	12.4	1361	24.5
A-level or equivalent	415	7.7	13	10.7	428	7.7
Vocational	1379	25.6	13	10.7	1406	25.3
Degree or higher degree	897	16.6	66	54.5	972	17.5
No formal or other†	1363	25.3	14	11.6	1383	24.9
Subtotal	5393	100.0	121	100.0	5550	100.0
Missing	154		5		181
Total	5547		126		5731
Marital status
Never married	509	9.5	18	15.0	529	9.6
Married	4069	75.7	64	53.3	4161	75.3
Living together	404	7.5	17	14.2	424	7.7
Widowed	104	1.9	8	6.7	112	2.0
Divorced/separated	288	5.4	13	10.8	303	5.5
Subtotal	5374	100.0	120	100.0	5529	100.0
Missing or other‡	173		6		202
Total	5547		126		5731
Employment status
Employed	1968	36.2	59	48.8	2031	36.3
Self-employed	2867	52.7	42	34.7	2932	52.4
Other	607	11.2	20	16.5	637	11.4
Subtotal	5442	100.0	121	100.0	5600	100.0
Missing	105		5		131
Total	5547		126		5731

*Includes 58 people missing response for sex.
†No formal category includes small numbers.
‡Other category includes small numbers.
A-level, advanced level; GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education; O-level, ordinary level.