Ability and willingness to self-isolate by sociodemographic factors
| Able to self-isolate yes versus no (N=2002)* | Willing to self-isolate yes versus no (N=1978)* | |||||||
| N | Weighted % | Unadjusted RR (95% CI) | Adjusted RR (95% CI) | N | Weighted % | Unadjusted RR (95% CI) | Adjusted RR (95% CI) | |
| Self-isolation ability/willingness | ||||||||
| Yes, I would | 1834 | 87.0 | 1847 | 87.6 | ||||
| No, I wouldn’t | 168 | 8.0 | 131 | 6.2 | ||||
| Don’t know | 106 | 5.0 | 130 | 6.2 | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 18–34 | 466 | 90.8 | Ref | Ref† | 457 | 91.6 | Ref | Ref‡ |
| 35–49 | 494 | 90.0 | 0.99 (0.95 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.96 to 1.1) | 508 | 94.2 | 1.0 (0.99 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.98 to 1.1) |
| 50–69 | 614 | 92.2 | 1.0 (0.98 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) | 627 | 93.6 | 1.0 (0.99 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.96 to 1.1) |
| 70 or older | 262 | 94.9 | 1.1 (1.0 to 1.2)* | 1.0 (0.96 to 1.1) | 255 | 94.4 | 1.0 (0.99 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.96 to 1.1) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 878 | 90.7 | Ref | Ref† | 878 | 91.8 | Ref | Ref‡ |
| Female | 957 | 92.5 | 1.0 (0.99 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.98 to 1.1) | 969 | 94.9 | 1.1 (1.0 to 1.2)** | 1.1 (1.0 to 1.2)* |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White group | 1737 | 92.1 | Ref | Ref† | 1751 | 93.7 | Ref | Ref‡ |
| Black, Asian and minority ethnic | 89 | 84.8 | 0.92 (0.84 to 0.99)* | 0.89 (0.79 to 1.0)* | 86 | 87.8 | 0.94 (0.87 to 1.0) | 0.96 (0.87 to 1.1) |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married, civil partnership or living as married | 1128 | 92.3 | Ref | – | 1143 | 94.5 | Ref | Ref‡ |
| Separated, divorced or widowed | 215 | 90.7 | 0.98 (0.94 to 1.2) | 219 | 92.8 | 0.98 (0.95 to 1.1) | 0.98 (0.93 to 1.1) | |
| Never married | 482 | 90.3 | 0.97 (0.95 to 1.1) | 477 | 91.0 | 0.96 (0.93 to 0.99)* | 0.99 (0.95 to 1.1) | |
| Area of residence | ||||||||
| London | 241 | 91.6 | Ref | – | 243 | 92.7 | Ref | – |
| North of England | 427 | 91.2 | 0.99 (0.95 to 1.1) | 430 | 93.7 | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) | ||
| Midlands and East of England | 465 | 93.0 | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.2) | 465 | 93.9 | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) | ||
| South of England | 408 | 89.5 | 0.98 (0.93 to 1.1) | 411 | 92.2 | 0.99 (0.95 to 1.0) | ||
| Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales | 294 | 92.7 | 1.0 (0.96 to 1.2) | 297 | 94.3 | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) | ||
| Education | ||||||||
| Degree or above | 584 | 93.1 | Ref | – | 591 | 94.9 | Ref | Ref§ |
| Post-secondary | 332 | 90.2 | 0.97 (0.93 to 1.1) | 329 | 90.9 | 0.96 (0.92 to 0.99)* | 0.95 (0.92 to 0.99)* | |
| Secondary or below | 863 | 91.3 | 0.98 (0.95 to 1.1) | 873 | 93.6 | 0.98 (0.96 to 1.0) | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.0) | |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Working full time | 799 | 91.4 | Ref | Ref† | 804 | 93.6 | Ref | |
| Working part time | 255 | 90.4 | 0.99 (0.95 to 1.0) | 0.98 (0.93 to 1.0) | 263 | 92.9 | 0.99 (0.96 to 1.0) | |
| Full-time student | 105 | 93.8 | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.94 to 1.1) | 97 | 89.0 | 0.95 (0.88 to 1.0) | |
| Retired | 450 | 95.1 | 1.1 (1.0 to 1.2)** | 1.0 (0.96 to 1.1) | 444 | 94.7 | 1.0 (0.98 to 1.1) | |
| Unemployed or not working | 185 | 89.8 | 0.98 (0.93 to 1.0) | 1.0 (0.93 to 1.1) | 191 | 94.1 | 1.0 (0.96 to 1.1) | |
| Household income | ||||||||
| £50 000 and over | 405 | 95.5 | Ref | Ref¶ | 393 | 94.7 | Ref | |
| £30 000–£49 999 | 417 | 90.7 | 0.95 (0.92 to 0.98)** | 0.95 (0.92 to 0.98)** | 424 | 93.6 | 0.99 (0.95 to 1.2) | |
| £20 000–£29 999 | 311 | 92.6 | 0.97 (0.94 to 1.1) | 0.96 (0.93 to 1.0) | 308 | 91.9 | 0.97 (0.93 to 1.1) | |
| <£20 000 | 363 | 88.3 | 0.93 (0.89 to 0.96)*** | 0.92 (0.88 to 0.96)*** | 383 | 93.0 | 0.98 (0.95 to 1.1) | |
| Savings | ||||||||
| £25 000 or more | 329 | 95.6 | Ref | Ref¶ | 318 | 94.1 | Ref | Ref** |
| £5000–£24 999 | 319 | 95.2 | 1.0 (0.96 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) | 317 | 95.8 | 1.0 (0.98 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.98 to 1.1) |
| £1000–£4999 | 274 | 92.3 | 0.96 (0.93 to 1.1) | 0.99 (0.95 to 1.0) | 272 | 92.8 | 0.98 (0.94 to 1.1) | 0.99 (0.96 to 1.0) |
| £100–£999 | 217 | 90.0 | 0.94 (0.90 to 0.98)* | 0.97 (0.92 to 1.1) | 221 | 94.8 | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.96 to 1.1) |
| Less than £100 | 232 | 84.4 | 0.88 (0.83 to 0.93)*** | 0.90 (0.85 to 0.96)** | 250 | 90.9 | 0.96 (0.92 to 1.0) | 0.96 (0.91 to 1.1) |
| Housing tenure | ||||||||
| Own outright | 576 | 93.8 | Ref | Ref¶ | 575 | 95.0 | Ref | Ref†† |
| Own with mortgage/shared ownership | 571 | 92.1 | 0.98 (0.95 to 1.0) | 1.0 (0.96 to 1.1) | 584 | 95.0 | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.0) | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) |
| Rented from private landlord | 277 | 89.1 | 0.95 (0.91 to 0.99)* | 0.97 (0.92 to 1.0) | 297 | 94.3 | 0.99 (0.96 to 1.0) | 1.0 (0.95 to 1.1) |
| Rented from local authority/housing association | 188 | 87.9 | 0.94 (0.89 to 0.99)* | 0.97 (0.91 to 1.0) | 188 | 90.0 | 0.94 (0.90 to 0.99)* | 0.94 (0.89 to 0.99)** |
| Live with parents, family or friends | 197 | 92.9 | 0.99 (0.95 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.97 to 1.1) | 178 | 88.1 | 0.92 (0.88 to 0.98)* | 0.95 (0.89 to 1.0) |
*P<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
*Excluding those who responded ‘Don’t know’.
†Mutually adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, employment status, household income, savings and housing tenure.
‡Mutually adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, education, savings and housing tenure.
§Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, marital status and housing tenure.
¶Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity and employment status.
**Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity and marital status.
††Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, marital status and education.
RR, relative risk.