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Table 3 Socio-demographic profile of survey respondents compared with population

From: Testing survey methodology to measure patients' experiences and views of the emergency and urgent care system: telephone versus postal survey

 

Postal sample

N = 457

%

Telephone sample

N = 1000

%

2001 census population

%

Age

   

   < 5

2

5

5

   5-9

5

6

6

   10-15

5

6

6

   16-24

7

11

12

   25-34

6

11

12

   35-44

13

16

16

   45-54

19

14

13

   55-64

20

13

13

   65+

24

17

17

Sex

   

   Male

42

50

49

   Female

57

50

50

Ethnic group

   

   White

98

95.8

96.0

   Asian

0.5

2.7

2.3

   Other

1.6

1.5

1.7

Accommodation type*

   

   Owner

76

84

73

   Rented/other

24

16

27

  1. *Home ownership does not compare like with like: it was measured for individuals in our surveys and for households in the census