Table 1 Baseline demographics of PNA and IDK nonresponders

From: Patterns of item nonresponse behaviour to survey questionnaires are systematic and associated with genetic loci

Characteristic

No PNA (N = 328,843)

PNA (N = 31,785)

No IDK (N = 118,928)

IDK (N = 241,700)

Mean age (s.d.) - yr

56.64 (8.00)

58.55 (7.84)

55.49 (8.08)

57.46 (7.89)

Age group - no. (%)

≤51 yr

93,859 (28.54)

6,678 (21.01)

40,217 (33.82)

60,320 (24.96)

51 < yr ≤ 58

77,607 (23.60)

6,517 (20.50)

29,220 (24.57)

54,904 (22.72)

58 < yr ≤ 63

80,082 (24.35)

8,151 (25.64)

26,638 (22.40)

61,595 (25.48)

yr > 63

77,295 (23.51)

10,439 (32.84)

22,853 (19.22)

64,881 (26.84)

Female sex - no. (%)

175,701 (53.43)

18,166 (57.15)

66,000 (55.50)

127,867 (52.90)

Participants in UK Regions - no. (%)

East Midlands

23,476 (7.14)

2,419 (7.61)

8,336 (7.01)

17,559 (7.26)

London

21,953 (6.68)

2,139 (6.73)

8,340 (7.01)

15,752 (6.52)

North East

38,720 (11.77)

3,990 (12.55)

13,859 (11.65)

28,851 (11.94)

North West

50,212 (15.27)

5,276 (16.60)

17,009 (14.30)

38,479 (15.92)

Scotland

25,216 (7.67)

2,416 (7.60)

9,293 (7.81)

18,339 (7.59)

South East

30,905 (9.39)

2,603 (8.19)

11,762 (9.89)

21,746 (9.00)

South West

45,626 (13.87)

3,659 (11.51)

17,246 (14.50)

32,039 (13.26)

Wales

13,804 (4.20)

1,311 (4.12)

4,981 (4.19)

10,134 (4.19)

West Midlands

28,499 (8.67)

3,186 (10.02)

10,051 (8.45)

21,634 (8.95)

Yorkshire

50,432 (15.34)

4,786 (15.06)

18,051 (15.18)

37,167 (15.38)

College/University degree - no. (%)

110,011 (33.45)

5,924 (18.73)

44,890 (37.75)

71,075 (29.41)

Mean Townsend Deprivation Index (s.d.)

−1.59 (2.92)

−0.72 (3.34)

−1.72 (2.83)

−1.41 (3.02)

  1. PNA and IDK columns refer to those participants who chose these options at least once throughout the questionnaire.