Characteristics of NICOLA Wave 1 total CAPI, SCQ and non-SCQ samples and comparison with Northern Ireland population aged ≥50 yearsa
| . | . | Total . | Men . | Women . | Northern Ireland populationb . | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | . |
| . | . | N = 8478 . | N = 5032 . | N = 3446 . | N = 3788 . | N = 2283 . | N = 1505 . | N = 4690 . | N = 2749 . | N = 1941 . | N = 574 215 . |
| . | . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . |
| Sex | Men | 44.7 | 45.4 | 43.7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46.8 |
| Women | 55.3 | 54.6 | 56.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53.2 | |
| Age group | <50 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | – |
| 50–64 | 49.4 | 50.4 | 47.9 | 48.4 | 47.9 | 49.2 | 50.1 | 52.4 | 46.9 | 54.0 | |
| 65–74 | 29.4 | 30.9 | 27.3 | 31.3 | 33.2 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 29.0 | 26.4 | 25.4 | |
| 75+ | 18.9 | 16.3 | 22.6 | 19.2 | 18.0 | 21.2 | 18.6 | 15.0 | 23.8 | 20.6 | |
| Marital status | Married/cohabiting/same-sex civil partnership | 66.2 | 70.4 | 60.0 | 72.6 | 76.6 | 66.4 | 61.0 | 65.3 | 54.9 | 62.1 |
| Never married | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 9.7 | |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 26.0 | 22.5 | 31.1 | 18.7 | 16.1 | 22.7 | 31.9 | 27.8 | 37.7 | 28.2 | |
| Living status | Living alone | 25.5 | 22.6 | 29.8 | 21.9 | 18.7 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 25.8 | 32.2 | Not available |
| Living with others | 74.5 | 77.4 | 70.2 | 78.1 | 81.3 | 73.2 | 71.5 | 74.2 | 67.8 | ||
| Educationc | Primary/none | 25.9 | 20.2 | 34.2 | 28.5 | 23.0 | 36.9 | 23.7 | 17.9 | 32.0 | 49.3 |
| Secondary | 44.0 | 43.7 | 44.5 | 42.0 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 45.7 | 45.0 | 46.6 | 31.9 | |
| Higher | 30.1 | 36.1 | 21.3 | 29.4 | 34.8 | 21.3 | 30.6 | 37.1 | 21.4 | 18.8 | |
| Employmentd | Retired | 49.4 | 51.7 | 46.1 | 50.3 | 53.5 | 45.4 | 48.7 | 50.1 | 46.6 | |
| Employed | 33.8 | 35.9 | 30.8f | 36.0 | 36.4 | 35.3f | 32.1 | 35.5 | 27.3f | ||
| Unemployed | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | Not available | |
| Permanently sick/disabled | 7.3 | 5.0 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 10.1 | ||
| Looking after home/family | 4.7 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 10.1 | ||
| In education/training/other | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 3.0 | ||
| Area level | 1 Most deprived | 19.0 | 16.4 | 22.8 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 20.6 | 19.6 | 16.2 | 24.5 | |
| Multiple | 2 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 17.3 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 22.2 | Not available |
| Deprivation | 3 | 21.3 | 20.5 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 20.6 | 23.7 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 21.3 | |
| Measuree | 4 | 18.4 | 20.7 | 15.1 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 15.6 | 18.5 | 21.1 | 14.8 | |
| 5 Least deprived | 21.8 | 24.4 | 17.9 | 22.8 | 25.4 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 23.7 | 17.3 | ||
| Regione | Urban | 16.2 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 62.4 |
| Intermediate | 56.5 | 57.7 | 54.8 | 56.4 | 58.7 | 52.9 | 56.7 | 56.9 | 56.3 | – | |
| Rural | 27.3 | 26.5 | 28.4 | 27.6 | 25.3 | 31.0 | 27.1 | 27.5 | 26.5 | 37.6 | |
| . | . | Total . | Men . | Women . | Northern Ireland populationb . | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | . |
| . | . | N = 8478 . | N = 5032 . | N = 3446 . | N = 3788 . | N = 2283 . | N = 1505 . | N = 4690 . | N = 2749 . | N = 1941 . | N = 574 215 . |
| . | . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . |
| Sex | Men | 44.7 | 45.4 | 43.7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46.8 |
| Women | 55.3 | 54.6 | 56.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53.2 | |
| Age group | <50 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | – |
| 50–64 | 49.4 | 50.4 | 47.9 | 48.4 | 47.9 | 49.2 | 50.1 | 52.4 | 46.9 | 54.0 | |
| 65–74 | 29.4 | 30.9 | 27.3 | 31.3 | 33.2 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 29.0 | 26.4 | 25.4 | |
| 75+ | 18.9 | 16.3 | 22.6 | 19.2 | 18.0 | 21.2 | 18.6 | 15.0 | 23.8 | 20.6 | |
| Marital status | Married/cohabiting/same-sex civil partnership | 66.2 | 70.4 | 60.0 | 72.6 | 76.6 | 66.4 | 61.0 | 65.3 | 54.9 | 62.1 |
| Never married | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 9.7 | |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 26.0 | 22.5 | 31.1 | 18.7 | 16.1 | 22.7 | 31.9 | 27.8 | 37.7 | 28.2 | |
| Living status | Living alone | 25.5 | 22.6 | 29.8 | 21.9 | 18.7 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 25.8 | 32.2 | Not available |
| Living with others | 74.5 | 77.4 | 70.2 | 78.1 | 81.3 | 73.2 | 71.5 | 74.2 | 67.8 | ||
| Educationc | Primary/none | 25.9 | 20.2 | 34.2 | 28.5 | 23.0 | 36.9 | 23.7 | 17.9 | 32.0 | 49.3 |
| Secondary | 44.0 | 43.7 | 44.5 | 42.0 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 45.7 | 45.0 | 46.6 | 31.9 | |
| Higher | 30.1 | 36.1 | 21.3 | 29.4 | 34.8 | 21.3 | 30.6 | 37.1 | 21.4 | 18.8 | |
| Employmentd | Retired | 49.4 | 51.7 | 46.1 | 50.3 | 53.5 | 45.4 | 48.7 | 50.1 | 46.6 | |
| Employed | 33.8 | 35.9 | 30.8f | 36.0 | 36.4 | 35.3f | 32.1 | 35.5 | 27.3f | ||
| Unemployed | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | Not available | |
| Permanently sick/disabled | 7.3 | 5.0 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 10.1 | ||
| Looking after home/family | 4.7 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 10.1 | ||
| In education/training/other | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 3.0 | ||
| Area level | 1 Most deprived | 19.0 | 16.4 | 22.8 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 20.6 | 19.6 | 16.2 | 24.5 | |
| Multiple | 2 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 17.3 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 22.2 | Not available |
| Deprivation | 3 | 21.3 | 20.5 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 20.6 | 23.7 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 21.3 | |
| Measuree | 4 | 18.4 | 20.7 | 15.1 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 15.6 | 18.5 | 21.1 | 14.8 | |
| 5 Least deprived | 21.8 | 24.4 | 17.9 | 22.8 | 25.4 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 23.7 | 17.3 | ||
| Regione | Urban | 16.2 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 62.4 |
| Intermediate | 56.5 | 57.7 | 54.8 | 56.4 | 58.7 | 52.9 | 56.7 | 56.9 | 56.3 | – | |
| Rural | 27.3 | 26.5 | 28.4 | 27.6 | 25.3 | 31.0 | 27.1 | 27.5 | 26.5 | 37.6 | |
NICOLA, Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing; CAPI, computer-assisted personal interview; SCQ, self-completion questionnaire.
Values for Northern Ireland population aged ≥50 years are based on NI Census 2011 (NISRA 2022, accessed May 2022).
Missing:
n = 76 ‘don’t know’ or ‘refused’.
n = 87 ‘don’t know’ or ‘refused’.
n = 11 missing postcode data.
Combines estimates for ‘Employed’ with ‘In education/training/other’ to prevent disclosure owing to low cell counts in the latter category.
Characteristics of NICOLA Wave 1 total CAPI, SCQ and non-SCQ samples and comparison with Northern Ireland population aged ≥50 yearsa
| . | . | Total . | Men . | Women . | Northern Ireland populationb . | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | . |
| . | . | N = 8478 . | N = 5032 . | N = 3446 . | N = 3788 . | N = 2283 . | N = 1505 . | N = 4690 . | N = 2749 . | N = 1941 . | N = 574 215 . |
| . | . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . |
| Sex | Men | 44.7 | 45.4 | 43.7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46.8 |
| Women | 55.3 | 54.6 | 56.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53.2 | |
| Age group | <50 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | – |
| 50–64 | 49.4 | 50.4 | 47.9 | 48.4 | 47.9 | 49.2 | 50.1 | 52.4 | 46.9 | 54.0 | |
| 65–74 | 29.4 | 30.9 | 27.3 | 31.3 | 33.2 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 29.0 | 26.4 | 25.4 | |
| 75+ | 18.9 | 16.3 | 22.6 | 19.2 | 18.0 | 21.2 | 18.6 | 15.0 | 23.8 | 20.6 | |
| Marital status | Married/cohabiting/same-sex civil partnership | 66.2 | 70.4 | 60.0 | 72.6 | 76.6 | 66.4 | 61.0 | 65.3 | 54.9 | 62.1 |
| Never married | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 9.7 | |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 26.0 | 22.5 | 31.1 | 18.7 | 16.1 | 22.7 | 31.9 | 27.8 | 37.7 | 28.2 | |
| Living status | Living alone | 25.5 | 22.6 | 29.8 | 21.9 | 18.7 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 25.8 | 32.2 | Not available |
| Living with others | 74.5 | 77.4 | 70.2 | 78.1 | 81.3 | 73.2 | 71.5 | 74.2 | 67.8 | ||
| Educationc | Primary/none | 25.9 | 20.2 | 34.2 | 28.5 | 23.0 | 36.9 | 23.7 | 17.9 | 32.0 | 49.3 |
| Secondary | 44.0 | 43.7 | 44.5 | 42.0 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 45.7 | 45.0 | 46.6 | 31.9 | |
| Higher | 30.1 | 36.1 | 21.3 | 29.4 | 34.8 | 21.3 | 30.6 | 37.1 | 21.4 | 18.8 | |
| Employmentd | Retired | 49.4 | 51.7 | 46.1 | 50.3 | 53.5 | 45.4 | 48.7 | 50.1 | 46.6 | |
| Employed | 33.8 | 35.9 | 30.8f | 36.0 | 36.4 | 35.3f | 32.1 | 35.5 | 27.3f | ||
| Unemployed | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | Not available | |
| Permanently sick/disabled | 7.3 | 5.0 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 10.1 | ||
| Looking after home/family | 4.7 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 10.1 | ||
| In education/training/other | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 3.0 | ||
| Area level | 1 Most deprived | 19.0 | 16.4 | 22.8 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 20.6 | 19.6 | 16.2 | 24.5 | |
| Multiple | 2 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 17.3 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 22.2 | Not available |
| Deprivation | 3 | 21.3 | 20.5 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 20.6 | 23.7 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 21.3 | |
| Measuree | 4 | 18.4 | 20.7 | 15.1 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 15.6 | 18.5 | 21.1 | 14.8 | |
| 5 Least deprived | 21.8 | 24.4 | 17.9 | 22.8 | 25.4 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 23.7 | 17.3 | ||
| Regione | Urban | 16.2 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 62.4 |
| Intermediate | 56.5 | 57.7 | 54.8 | 56.4 | 58.7 | 52.9 | 56.7 | 56.9 | 56.3 | – | |
| Rural | 27.3 | 26.5 | 28.4 | 27.6 | 25.3 | 31.0 | 27.1 | 27.5 | 26.5 | 37.6 | |
| . | . | Total . | Men . | Women . | Northern Ireland populationb . | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | CAPI . | SCQ . | No SCQ . | . |
| . | . | N = 8478 . | N = 5032 . | N = 3446 . | N = 3788 . | N = 2283 . | N = 1505 . | N = 4690 . | N = 2749 . | N = 1941 . | N = 574 215 . |
| . | . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . | % . |
| Sex | Men | 44.7 | 45.4 | 43.7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46.8 |
| Women | 55.3 | 54.6 | 56.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53.2 | |
| Age group | <50 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | – |
| 50–64 | 49.4 | 50.4 | 47.9 | 48.4 | 47.9 | 49.2 | 50.1 | 52.4 | 46.9 | 54.0 | |
| 65–74 | 29.4 | 30.9 | 27.3 | 31.3 | 33.2 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 29.0 | 26.4 | 25.4 | |
| 75+ | 18.9 | 16.3 | 22.6 | 19.2 | 18.0 | 21.2 | 18.6 | 15.0 | 23.8 | 20.6 | |
| Marital status | Married/cohabiting/same-sex civil partnership | 66.2 | 70.4 | 60.0 | 72.6 | 76.6 | 66.4 | 61.0 | 65.3 | 54.9 | 62.1 |
| Never married | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 9.7 | |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 26.0 | 22.5 | 31.1 | 18.7 | 16.1 | 22.7 | 31.9 | 27.8 | 37.7 | 28.2 | |
| Living status | Living alone | 25.5 | 22.6 | 29.8 | 21.9 | 18.7 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 25.8 | 32.2 | Not available |
| Living with others | 74.5 | 77.4 | 70.2 | 78.1 | 81.3 | 73.2 | 71.5 | 74.2 | 67.8 | ||
| Educationc | Primary/none | 25.9 | 20.2 | 34.2 | 28.5 | 23.0 | 36.9 | 23.7 | 17.9 | 32.0 | 49.3 |
| Secondary | 44.0 | 43.7 | 44.5 | 42.0 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 45.7 | 45.0 | 46.6 | 31.9 | |
| Higher | 30.1 | 36.1 | 21.3 | 29.4 | 34.8 | 21.3 | 30.6 | 37.1 | 21.4 | 18.8 | |
| Employmentd | Retired | 49.4 | 51.7 | 46.1 | 50.3 | 53.5 | 45.4 | 48.7 | 50.1 | 46.6 | |
| Employed | 33.8 | 35.9 | 30.8f | 36.0 | 36.4 | 35.3f | 32.1 | 35.5 | 27.3f | ||
| Unemployed | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | Not available | |
| Permanently sick/disabled | 7.3 | 5.0 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 10.1 | ||
| Looking after home/family | 4.7 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 10.1 | ||
| In education/training/other | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 3.0 | ||
| Area level | 1 Most deprived | 19.0 | 16.4 | 22.8 | 18.2 | 16.6 | 20.6 | 19.6 | 16.2 | 24.5 | |
| Multiple | 2 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 17.3 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 22.2 | Not available |
| Deprivation | 3 | 21.3 | 20.5 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 20.6 | 23.7 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 21.3 | |
| Measuree | 4 | 18.4 | 20.7 | 15.1 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 15.6 | 18.5 | 21.1 | 14.8 | |
| 5 Least deprived | 21.8 | 24.4 | 17.9 | 22.8 | 25.4 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 23.7 | 17.3 | ||
| Regione | Urban | 16.2 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 62.4 |
| Intermediate | 56.5 | 57.7 | 54.8 | 56.4 | 58.7 | 52.9 | 56.7 | 56.9 | 56.3 | – | |
| Rural | 27.3 | 26.5 | 28.4 | 27.6 | 25.3 | 31.0 | 27.1 | 27.5 | 26.5 | 37.6 | |
NICOLA, Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing; CAPI, computer-assisted personal interview; SCQ, self-completion questionnaire.
Values for Northern Ireland population aged ≥50 years are based on NI Census 2011 (NISRA 2022, accessed May 2022).
Missing:
n = 76 ‘don’t know’ or ‘refused’.
n = 87 ‘don’t know’ or ‘refused’.
n = 11 missing postcode data.
Combines estimates for ‘Employed’ with ‘In education/training/other’ to prevent disclosure owing to low cell counts in the latter category.
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