Demographic characteristics of the sample (n=4378)*
| Characteristic | N (weighted %) |
| Age (years) | Mean age: 41 (SD 12) |
| ≤30 | 985 (24.2) |
| 31–40 | 1138 (30.7) |
| 41–50 | 979 (23.5) |
| 51–60 | 861 (20.8) |
| ≥61 | 171 (4.1) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 3482 (74.8) |
| Male | 833 (24.6) |
| Other | 6 (0.2) |
| Prefer not to say | 18 (0.5) |
| Relationship status | |
| Married/civil partnership | 1827 (42.2) |
| Cohabiting/in a relationship | 1129 (23.2) |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 251 (6.3) |
| Single | 1114 (28.3) |
| Ethnicity | |
| White | 3215 (53.2) |
| Black/African/Caribbean/black British | 373 (20.0) |
| Asian/Asian British | 477 (17.4) |
| Mixed/multiple racial and ethnic groups | 173 (3.9) |
| Other racial and ethnic minority groups† | 90 (4.5) |
| Country of birth | |
| UK | 2974 (61.1) |
| EU (not UK) | 525 (9.8) |
| Other | 812 (29.2) |
| Length of time living in the UK (for those born outside the UK) (years) | |
| <1–2 | 106 (7.8) |
| 3–5 | 163 (10.9) |
| 6–10 | 210 (14.5) |
| 11–20 | 404 (32.5) |
| 21–29 | 223 (17.1) |
| ≥30 | 220 (16.5) |
| Prefer not to say | 7 (0.7) |
| Main role‡ | |
| Doctor | 557 (12.8) |
| Nurse | 1107 (26.7) |
| Other clinical | 1306 (28.3) |
| Non-clinical | 1356 (32.3) |
*Frequencies are unweighted, and proportions are weighted. Numbers may not add up due to missing data.
†‘Other racial and ethnic minority groups’ includes the options ‘Arab’ and ‘Any other ethnic background’.
‡In the ‘main role’ variable, ‘other clinical’ includes all other clinical roles, for example, physiotherapist, psychologist, dietician, radiographer, etc. ‘Non-clinical’ includes all other roles, for example, administrative, domestic services, IT support, finance, etc.