Table 5 The socio-demographic distribution of sources of help among informal help users (n = 577)

Gender

0.595

0.562

0.584

0.001

Male

194

130

65.3

(57.8-72.1)

121

63.0

(55.8-69.7)

9

4.4

(2.3-8.4)

24

12.6

(8.5-18.3)

Female

383

267

67.6

(62.4-72.4)

249

65.5

(60.5-70.2)

18

5.5

(3.4-8.6)

18

4.7

(2.9-7.4)

Age

<0.001

0.526

0.047

0.736

16-25

148

120

81.9

(74.7-87.4)

95

63.1

(54.0-71.2)

3

2.1

(0.7-6.4)

7

4.8

(2.3-9.8)

26-40

220

153

70.2

(63.8-75.9)

136

62.0

(55.7-67.9)

8

3.6

(1.7-7.7)

17

6.6

(4.1-10.4)

41-55

134

86

62.0

(53.1-70.1)

86

66.2

(57.5-73.8)

9

6.6

(3.3-12.5)

12

8.2

(4.6-14.1)

56 or older

75

38

50.6

(38.9-62.3)

53

70.5

(58.8-80.0)

7

10.0

(4.8-19.6)

6

7.0

(3.1-15.1)

Ethnic group

0.004

0.040

<0.001

0.238

White

365

254

67.4

(61.7-72.6)

237

65.8

(60.4-70.8)

10

2.7

(1.4-5.2)

32

8.0

(5.6-11.2)

Black Caribbean

48

37

77.9

(63.5-87.7)

26

53.6

(40.3-66.4)

2

3.5

(0.5-20.9)

3

4.3

(1.3-12.7)

Black African

66

44

66.4

(53.5-77.2)

43

66.3

(52.8-77.6)

10

17.8

(9.4-31.3)

2

2.8

(0.7-10.7)

Asian

26

9

32.6

(17.4-52.7)

22

88.4

(68.5-96.4)

3

14.9

(4.9-37.4)

3

11.1

(3.4-30.4)

Other

70

52

72.0

(58.9-82.1)

41

58.3

(46.2-69.5)

2

5.1

(1.3-18.1)

2

3.1

(0.8-11.6)

Migration status

0.662

0.882

0.004

0.203

Non-migrant

326

227

67.9

(62.0-73.3)

211

65.2

(59.6-70.5)

9

2.6

(1.2-5.4)

27

7.7

(5.2-11.1)

Migrant

250

170

66.0

(59.5-72.0)

159

64.6

(58.3-70.5)

18

8.7

(5.3-13.9)

14

5.0

(2.9-8.5)