Table 1 Demographics and Socio-economic classification of participants
|  | Male (N = 787) | Female (N = 1279) | Overall (N = 2066) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | N | Mean (SDa) or % | N | Mean (SDa) or % | Mean (SDa) or % |
Age (years) | 674 | 54.9 (28.17) | 1100 | 48.6 (40.48) | 51.0 (49.90) |
Marital Status (%’s based on 1781 responses): |  |  |  |  |  |
 Single | 116 | 17.1 | 222 | 20.1 | 19.0 |
 Married/cohabiting | 463 | 68.3 | 665 | 60.3 | 63.3 |
 Divorced | 54 | 8.0 | 103 | 9.3 | 8.8 |
 Widowed | 45 | 6.6 | 113 | 10.2 | 8.9 |
Socio-economic Classificationb (%’s based on 1781 responses): |  |  |  |  |  |
 Managerial and Professional Occupations | 231 | 37.9 | 428 | 46.0 | 42.8 |
 Immediate Occupations | 23 | 3.8 | 197 | 20.1 | 13.6 |
 Small Employers and Own Account Workers | 118 | 19.4 | 73 | 7.8 | 12.4 |
 Lower Supervisory and Technical Occupations | 105 | 17.2 | 63 | 6.8 | 10.9 |
 Semi-routine and Routine Occupations | 132 | 21.7 | 180 | 19.3 | 20.3 |
Self reported health condition (%’s based on 1540 responses) | N | % | N | % | % |
 Other | 187 | 27.5 | 333 | 30.2 | 29.2 |
 Backache | 180 | 26.5 | 332 | 30.1 | 28.7 |
 Arthritis | 155 | 22.8 | 270 | 24.5 | 23.8 |
 Hypertension | 163 | 24.0 | 218 | 19.7 | 21.4 |
 High Cholesterol | 160 | 23.6 | 207 | 18.8 | 20.6 |
 Depression | 95 | 14.0 | 210 | 19.0 | 17.1 |
 Asthma | 94 | 13.8 | 174 | 15.8 | 15.0 |
 Heart Disease | 134 | 19.7 | 113 | 10.2 | 13.9 |
 Diabetes | 117 | 17.2 | 99 | 9.0 | 12.1 |
 Stroke | 37 | 5.4 | 39 | 3.5 | 4.3 |