Table 2 Characteristics of patients in the analytic sample
From: The General Practice Assessment Questionnaire (GPAQ) – Development and psychometric characteristics
Socio-demographic characteristics | Consultation GPAQ | Postal GPAQ |
|---|---|---|
Total n | 190,038 | 20,309 |
No. of practices | 1,031 | 149 |
Mean age in years | 50.3 | 54.2 |
GP consultations in the past year: | ||
- % 'None' | 4.2 | 8.0 |
- % 'Once or twice' | 22.5 | 28.7 |
- % 'Three or four times' | 30.4 | 29.6 |
- % 'Five or six times' | 21.0 | 18.2 |
- % 'Seven times or more' | 21.9 | 15.4 |
% female | 64.7 | 61.4 |
% with a long-term illness, disability or infirmity | 51.0 | 48.2 |
Ethnicity: | ||
- % white | 92.2 | 86.8 |
- % Asian/Asian British | 3.7 | 5.9 |
- % Black/Black British | 1.8 | 5.0 |
- % Mixed | 1.1 | 1.3 |
- % Chinese | 0.3 | 0.1 |
- % Other ethnic group | 0.9 | 0.7 |
Employment: | ||
- % employed | 48.4 | 35.3 |
- % unemployed | 2.5 | 1.8 |
- % in full-time education | 3.4 | 2.3 |
- % unable to work due to long-term sickness | 7.2 | 5.2 |
- % looking after home/family | 9.6 | 7.1 |
- % retired | 27.5 | 45.0 |
- % other | 1.6 | 3.3 |
% living in rented accommodation | 28.9 | 25.4 |