Table 4

Independent variables frequency distribution, mean HCS (0–100 scale) and confidence limits (study 2)

Variable	n	%	Mean HCS	95% CI
Overall	378	100	76.7	74.6 to 78.8
Sex
Female	219	58	78.0	75.3 to 80.7
Male	156	41	74.9	71.7 to 78.1
Age group
20–29	67	18	75.0	70.1 to 79.9
30–39	101	27	82.3	78.3 to 86.3
40–49	86	23	81.2	76.9 to 85.5
50–59	62	16	81.0	75.9 to 86.1
60–69	27	7	59.6	51.9 to 67.3
70–79	25	7	66.3	58.3 to 74.4
80–89	10	3	37.5	24.8 to 50.2
Medications
None	126	33	82.1	78.6 to 85.7
One or two items	171	45	78.0	74.9 to 81.0
Three or more items	80	21	64.7	60.3 to 69.2
Ethnicity
White British	284	75	76.3	74.0 to 78.7
Any other	93	25	78.3	74.1 to 82.4
Has children
No	176	47	77.2	74.2 to 80.3
Yes	200	53	76.3	73.4 to 79.1
Age full-time education ended
16 or under	186	49	78.7	75.7 to 81.6
17–19	163	43	75.0	71.9 to 78.1
20 or over	29	8	73.2	65.8 to 80.7
howRu (health status) score
0	1	0	50.0	10.2 to 89.8
1	6	2	43.1	26.8 to 59.3
2	6	2	41.7	25.4 to 57.9
3	2	1	37.5	9.3 to 65.7
4	8	2	60.4	46.3 to 74.5
5	14	4	57.7	47.0 to 68.3
6	19	5	69.7	60.6 to 78.9
7	11	3	65.9	53.9 to 77.9
8	21	6	68.7	60.0 to 77.3
9	39	10	74.1	67.8 to 80.5
10	61	16	76.6	71.5 to 81.7
11	56	15	79.5	74.1 to 84.8
12	131	35	87.1	83.6 to 90.6
MHC Confidence
0	1	0	16.7	−23.2 to 56.5
1	0	–	–	–
2	1	0	16.7	−23.2 to 56.5
3	2	1	8.3	−19.8 to 36.5
4	2	1	33.3	5.2 to 61.5
5	1	0	91.7	51.8 to 100
6	6	2	58.3	42.1 to 74.6
7	67	18	52.4	47.5 to 57.3
8	111	29	73.0	69.2 to 76.8
9	119	31	86.6	82.9 to 90.2
10	69	18	95.6	90.8 to 100
MHC Information
0	1	0	66.7	26.8 to 100
1	1	0	100.0	60.2 to 100
2	1	0	16.7	0 to 56.5
3	0	–	–	–
4	4	1	64.6	44.7 to 84.5
5	7	2	67.9	52.8 to 82.9
6	3	1	66.7	43.7 to 89.7
7	85	22	73.5	69.2 to 77.8
8	110	29	78.3	74.5 to 82.1
9	89	24	78.1	73.9 to 82.3
10	78	21	78.8	74.3 to 83.3