Table 3 Response rates and PR for response rates by demographic characteristics for the NMS (1995–2018)

 16–24

51.6

0.66

0.61, 0.70

50.2

0.73

0.68, 0.78

37.5

0.59

0.56, 0.63

31.4

0.58

0.54, 0.63

16.7

0.51

0.46, 0.56

 25–29

65.2

0.83

0.79, 0.87

58.9

0.86

0.81, 0.91

51.0

0.81

0.77, 0.84

44.3

0.82

0.78, 0.87

25.3

0.77

0.72, 0.82

 30–34

78.7

–

–

68.9

–

–

63.3

–

–

53.8

–

–

32.9

–

–

  > = 35

81.5

1.04

0.98, 1.10

68.1

0.99

0.94, 1.05

65.6

1.04

0.99, 1.08

55.0

1.02

0.97, 1.08

36.3

1.10

1.04, 1.17

 Married

N/A

N/A

N/A

65.9

–

–

60.5

–

–

53.5

–

–

34.9

–

–

 Joint registration (same address)

N/A

N/A

N/A

61.3

0.93

0.88, 0.98

52.4

0.87

0.83, 0.90

45.8

0.86

0.82, 0.90

26.7

0.76

0.72, 0.81

 Joint registration (different address)

N/A

N/A

N/A

44.2

0.67

0.60, 0.75

34.0

0.56

0.51, 0.62

27.2

0.51

0.46, 0.56

13.2

0.38

0.33, 0.43

 Sole registration

N/A

N/A

N/A

40.9

0.62

0.54, 0.72

34.1

0.56

0.50, 0.63

25.8

0.48

0.42, 0.56

14.3

0.41

0.34, 0.49

 UK

N/A

N/A

N/A

65.7

–

–

56.8

–

–

48.7

–

–

31.4

–

–

 Not UK

N/A

N/A

N/A

45.8

0.70

0.65, 0.75

46.2

0.81

0.78, 0.85

41.1

0.84

0.80, 0.89

23.2

0.74

0.70, 0.79

 1st (most deprived)

N/A

N/A

N/A

46.4

0.63

0.59, 0.68

40.2

0.58

0.55, 0.62

33.4

0.55

0.52, 0.59

17.2

0.42

0.39, 0.45

 2nd

N/A

N/A

N/A

58.2

0.79

0.74, 0.85

48.1

0.70

0.66, 0.73

43.8

0.72

0.68, 0.77

25.5

0.62

0.57, 0.67

 3rd

N/A

N/A

N/A

67.8

0.92

0.87, 0.98

59.4

0.86

0.82, 0.90

51.3

0.85

0.80, 0.90

32.2

0.78

0.73, 0.84

 4th

N/A

N/A

N/A

70.7

0.96

0.91, 1.03

64.9

0.94

0.89, 0.99

54.9

0.91

0.85, 0.96

37.1

0.90

0.84, 0.97

 5th (least deprived)

N/A

N/A

N/A

73.3

–

–

69.1

–

–

60.6

–

–

41.2

–

–