Illness beliefs and the sociocultural context of diabetes self-management in British South Asians: a mixed methods study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics

		(n)	%
Total sample		67	100
Gender	Male	36	54
	Female	31	46
Age (mean = 61.0, SD = 12.5)
Employment	In paid work	18	27
	Retired	28	42
	Other	21	31
Marital status	Married or in civil partnership	54	81
Marital status	Other	13	19
Sub ethnic groups	Indian	43	64
	Pakistani	21	31
	Bangladeshi	2	3
	Other (Nepalese)	1	2
Total no of conditions	One or more condition	11	16
Total no of conditions	Two or more conditions	56	84
Duration of diabetes	0 to 5 years	14	21
	5 to 10 year	19	28
	10 years +	34	51
Diabetes Type	Type 1	8	12
Diabetes Type	Type 2	59	88
Number of cohabitants	No cohabitants	2	5
(Social networks survey interview only)	One or more co-habitant	35	95

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