Table 2 Sample profile
| Â | Adult | Child | Mental Health | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Profile variable | 6 months (1338) | 18 months (1117) | 3 years (901) | 6 months (558) | 18 months (477) | 3 years (373) | 6 months (442) | 18 months (365) | 3 years (300) |
| Â | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean |
Age †| 27.4 | 28.5 | 29.8 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 27.3 | 30.1 | 31.1 | 32.8 |
| Â | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
Female | 93.4 | 94.1 | 94.4 | 95.2 | 85.2 | 94.9 | 70.0 | 72.7 | 75.0 |
Ethnic Group | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
White British | 87.1 | 88.8 | 90.0 | 91.6 | 93.1 | 92.8 | 80.6 | 83.4 | 86.4 |
White Irish | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
Other White | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
Asian, Black, Chinese | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 6.2 |
Highest Educational Qualification | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Degree | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 15.9 | 14.9 | 16.0 |
Sufficient for degree entry | 24.9 | 26.1 | 27.4 | 32.6 | 32.1 | 34.9 | 22.8 | 23.3 | 23.3 |
Not sufficient for degree entry | 41.3 | 41.6 | 42.8 | 44.3 | 44.4 | 41.6 | 34.4 | 37.0 | 37.0 |
Access course/DC test | 18.6 | 17.5 | 15.6 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 17.4 |
Other | 10.7 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
Children living with respondent †| 22.4 | 28.0 | 33.2 | 10.6 | 13.6 | 18.5 | 28.5 | 32.7 | 37.5 |
Spouse or Partner †| 68.7 | 72.8 | 77.6 | 59.8 | 68.1 | 71.1 | 65.6 | 74.0 | 76.1 |
Region †|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
London | 12.1 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 24.9 | 15.3 | 14.5 | 12.1 |
South East | 18.4 | 17.5 | 14.7 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 12.6 | 21.0 | 18.6 | 18.5 |
South West | 9.5 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 9.6 |
West Midlands | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 10.2 |
Eastern | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 10.6 |
Trent | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.3 |
North West | 14.9 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 13.4 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 9.1 |
Northern & Yorkshire | 15.4 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 15.0 |
Other/Not Nursing | 1.3 | 7.3 | 11.2 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 7.6 |
Nursing grade †|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
D or Lower | 99.6 | 73.2 | 38.0 | 99.5 | 59.5 | 20.4 | 93.7 | 23.8 | 8.6 |
E | 0.1 | 11.0 | 40.0 | 0.2 | 31.9 | 57.4 | 3.7 | 63.5 | 50.0 |
F or higher | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 24.5 |
Other/Not Nursing | 0.3 | 15.2 | 18.6 | 0.4 | 8.2 | 17.2 | 2.6 | 9.0 | 16.9 |
| Â | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean |
Number of nursing posts †| n/a | 1.6 | 2.4 | n/a | 1.6 | 2.4 | n/a | 2.1 | 2.9 |
Time in current nursing job †| 5.5 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 5.6 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 12.2 |