Demographics of public and patient respondents (figures presented as percentage unless otherwise stated)
No of questionnaires returned | Public opinion | Patient opinion | |||
New Street railway station | Birmingham Public Markets | NHS dental patients | Private dental patients | Pharmacy patients | |
n=909 | n=462 | n=515 | n=500 | n=533 | |
Gender | |||||
Male | 52 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 37 |
Age in years | |||||
18–29 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 15 |
30–39 | 15 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 17 |
40–49 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 23 |
50–59 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 19 |
60–69 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 25 | 14 |
>70 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
Ethnicity | |||||
White/Caucasian | 78 | 34 | 73 | 97 | 83 |
Asian | 6 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 8 |
Afro-Caribbean | 6 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Mixed | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Other | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Occupation | |||||
Unemployed | 9 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 14 |
Manual Worker | 7 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 16 |
Non-manual worker | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Executive/managerial | 12 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 8 |
Professional | 31 | 11 | 30 | 23 | 24 |
Retired | 25 | 27 | 14 | 34 | 25 |
NHS, National Health Service.