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Table 2 Characteristics of NHS Health Check non-attenders who participated in interviews, Stoke-on-Trent, 2014

From: A qualitative investigation of non-response in NHS health checks

Characteristic

n

%

Practice*

  
 

1

0

0.0

 

2

13

31.7

 

3

9

22.0

 

4

6

14.6

 

5

13

31.7

Gender

  
 

Male

19

46.3

 

Female

22

53.7

Ethnicity

  
 

White British

38

92.7

 

British Pakistani

2

4.9

 

British Asian

1

2.4

Employment status

  
 

Full time

20

48.8

 

Part time

8

19.5

 

Retired

8

19.5

 

Long term sick

4

9.8

 

Unemployed

1

2.4

Deprivation quintile

  
 

1 (most deprived)

11

26.8

 

2

6

14.6

 

3

5

12.2

 

4

4

9.8

 

5 (least deprived)

7

17.1

 

Missing

8

19.5

  1. *Practice 1 distributed the first batch of invitation letters, with no response; the relatively small practice size and high level of Health Check uptake (84%) meant that the practice did not send further invitations.
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