Does exposure to the food environment differ by socioeconomic position? Comparing area-based and person-centred metrics in the Fenland Study, UK

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the Fenland Study analytic sample (n = 10,429)

Variable	n	%	Missing n (%)
Female	5392	51.7	0
Age (years)	10,429	100	0
29–39	1652	15.8
40–49	4338	41.6
50–64	4439	42.6
Educational attainment^a	10,276	98.5	153 (1.5)
Low	2091	20.1
Medium	4698	45.1
High	3487	33.4
Equivalised income^b	9617	92.2	812 (7.8)
<£23,000	2372	22.7
£23,000–£42,999	3991	38.3
≥£43,000	3254	31.2
Work address reported	7927	76.0	2502 (24.0)
Work status	10,335	99.1	94 (0.9)
In work^c	9372	89.9
Not in work^d	963	9.2

^aEducational attainment: ‘Low’ indicates compulsory school education and corresponding qualifications; ‘Medium’ indicates further education academic or vocational qualifications; ‘High’ represents degree or higher qualifications
^bTotal household income equivalised using a version of the OECD’s modified equivalence scale
^cListed as working ‘full time’, ‘part time’, ‘obtained new job’
^dListed as ‘retired’, ‘keeping house’, ‘unemployed’, ‘sick leave’

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