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Table 1 Characteristics and chi-square analysis of health survey respondents by NEET status

From: Cancer-related health behaviours of young people not in education, employment or training (‘NEET’): a cross-sectional study

Variable

Categories

All NEETs Included

Economically Inactive NEETs Excluded

Totala (%)

% NEET

% NEET

Sex

1 Male

**14

*11

1881 (44)

2 Female

20

8

2391 (56)

Ageb

 

**Mean age NEET = 21

*Mean age NEET = 20

 
 

Mean age non-NEET = 20

Mean age non-NEET = 20

 

Ethnicity

1 White UK & Irish

17

10

3571 (84)

2 Other (incl. gypsy/traveller)

16

10

684 (16)

Marital status

1 Married/cohabiting

**27

*12

821 (19)

2 Other (incl. single/separated/divorced)

15

9

3450 (81)

Access to car/van

1 Yes

**11

**6

3024 (71)

2 No

33

19

1248 (29)

Top academic qualification

1 Degree or higher

**12

**8

536 (13)

2 HNC/D or equiv (higher education below degree)

12

6

386 (9)

3 Higher/A-level or equiv (upper school qualification)

9

5

1496 (35)

4 Standard grade/O-level or equiv (lower school qualification)

21

13

1314 (31)

5 Foreign or other qualification

34

18

170 (4)

6 No educational qualification

41

23

347 (8)

Housing tenure

1 Own outright/with mortgage

**8

**5

1955 (46)

2 Other (incl. part rent/part mortgage, renting, rent-free, squatting)

25

14

2313 (54)

Receipt of means-tested benefits

0 No

**7

**5

1706 (40)

1 Yes

24

13

2566 (60)

Total annual household income

1 < £15,600

**36

**22

1057 (25)

2 £15,600-£25,999

17

10

736 (17)

3 £26,000-£36,399

10

6

510 (12)

4 £36,400-£51,999

5

3

517 (12)

5 £52,000-£69,999

5

2

344 (8)

6 £70,000-£150,000+

7

4

386 (9)

7 Refused

15

9

426 (10)

8 Don’t know

14

8

296 (7)

NSSEC

1 Managerial & professional

**6

**4

439 (10)

2 Intermediate

16

8

652 (15)

3 Routine & manual

19

11

2262 (53)

4 Other or never worked/long-term unemployed

18

11

919 (22)

Limiting long-term illness

1 Limiting long-term illness

**32

13

446 (10)

2 Non-limiting long-term illness

14

8

409 (10)

3 No limiting long-term illness

15

9

3411 (80)

Self-assessed general health

1 Very good/good

**15

**9

3757 (88)

2 Fair/bad/very bad

34

19

512 (12)

GHQ-12 score

0 Score 0

**15

**8

2250 (53)

1 Score 1–2

16

9

1144 (27)

2 Score 3–4

19

11

476 (11)

3 Score 5–12

29

19

402 (9)

Survey

1 Health Survey for England (HSE)

17

9

2555 (60)

2 Scottish Health Survey (SHeS)

17

10

1717 (40)

Survey year

1 2010

18

9

1502 (35)

2 2011

17

9

1527 (36)

3 2012

16

10

1243 (29)

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. **p < 0.001
  3. aThe value for Total may not exactly equal the sum of NEET and non-NEET counts due to missing data within categories. Frequencies and percentages in this column are based on all NEETs
  4. bMean age at survey interview between NEETs and non-NEETs was compared using a 2-sample t-test. 95% confidence interval for mu(Agenon-neet)-mu(Ageneet) was (−1.2, −0.8) when all NEETs were included and (−0.9, −0.3) when excluding economically inactive NEETs
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BMC Cancer

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