List of Tables & Figures   Click on a heading to view a table or a figure, and download Excel spreadsheets of the data.     Table numbers follow chapter numbering. There are no tables in chapters 1 and 2. Chapter 3 Households, families and people TABLE 3.1 Household size: 1971 to 2000 TABLE 3.2 Household type: 1971 to 2000 TABLE 3.3 Percentage living alone, by age: 1973 to 2000 TABLE 3.4 Percentage living alone, by age and sex TABLE 3.5 Type of household: 1979 to 2000 TABLE 3.6 Family type, and marital status of lone mothers: 1971 to 2000 TABLE 3.7 Family type and number of dependent children: 1972 to 2000 TABLE 3.8 Average (mean) number of dependent children by family type: 1971 to 2000 TABLE 3.9 Age of youngest dependent child by family type TABLE 3.10 Stepfamilies by family type TABLE 3.11 Usual gross weekly household income by family type TABLE 3.12 Age by sex: 1971 to 2000 TABLE 3.13 Sex by age TABLE 3.14 Socio-economic group based on own current or last job by sex: 1975 to 2000 TABLE 3.15 Ethnic group: 1983 to 2000 TABLE 3.16 Percentage born in the UK by age and ethnic group TABLE 3.17 Age by ethnic group TABLE 3.18 Sex by ethnic group TABLE 3.19 Government Office Region by ethnic group TABLE 3.20 Average household size by ethnic group of household reference person TABLE 3.21 Weighted bases for tables 3.3 and 3.8 Chapter 4 Housing and consumer durables TABLE 4.1 Tenure: 1971 to 2000 TABLE 4.2 Type of accommodation: 1971 to 2000 TABLE 4.3 Type of accommodation occupied by households renting from a council compared with other households: ... TABLE 4.4 (a) Type of accommodation by tenure (b) Tenure by type of accommodation TABLE 4.5 Age of building by tenure TABLE 4.6 (a) Household type by tenure (b) Tenure by household type TABLE 4.7 Housing profile by family type: lone-parent families compared with other families TABLE 4.8 Type of accommodation by household type TABLE 4.9 Usual gross weekly income by tenure TABLE 4.10 (a) Age of household reference person by tenure (b) Tenure by age of household reference person TABLE 4.11 Tenure by sex and marital status of household reference person TABLE 4.12 Housing tenure by ethnic group of household reference person TABLE 4.13 (a) Socio-economic group and economic activity status of household reference person by tenure (b) T... TABLE 4.14 (a) Length of residence of household reference person by tenure (b) Tenure by length of residence o... TABLE 4.15 Persons per room: 1971 to 2000 TABLE 4.16 Persons per room and mean household size by tenure TABLE 4.17 Closeness of fit relative to the bedroom standard by tenure TABLE 4.18 Cars or vans: 1972 to 2000 TABLE 4.19 Availability of a car or van by socio-economic group of household reference person TABLE 4.20 Consumer durables, central heating and cars: 1972 to 2000 TABLE 4.21 Consumer durables, central heating and cars by socio-economic group of household reference person TABLE 4.22 Consumer durables, central heating and cars by usual gross weekly household income TABLE 4.23 Consumer durables, central heating and cars by household type TABLE 4.24 Consumer durables, central heating and cars by family type: lone-parent families compared with other... Chapter 5 Marriage and cohabitation TABLE 5.1 Sex by marital status TABLE 5.2 (a) Age by sex and marital status (b) Marital status by sex and age TABLE 5.3 Percentage currently cohabiting by sex and age TABLE 5.4 Percentage cohabiting by legal marital status and age TABLE 5.5 Cohabiters: age by sex TABLE 5.6 Legal marital status of women aged 18-49: 1979 to 1998 TABLE 5.7 Percentage of women aged 18-49 cohabiting by legal marital status: 1979 to 2000 TABLE 5.8 Women aged 16-59: percentage cohabiting by legal marital status and whether has dependent children i... TABLE 5.9 Number of past cohabitations not ending in marriage by sex and age TABLE 5.10 Number of past cohabitations not ending in marriage by current marital status and sex TABLE 5.11 Year of beginning of first cohabitation not ending in mariage by sex TABLE 5.12 Age at first cohabitation which did not end in marriage by year cohabitation began and sex TABLE 5.13 Duration of past cohabitations which did not end in marriage by number of past cohabitations and sex TABLE 5.14 How people chose to date the end of "living together", by the date given Chapter 6 Occupational and personal pension schemes TABLE 6.1 Current pension scheme membership by age and sex TABLE 6.2 Membership of current employer's pension scheme by sex and whether working full time or part time TABLE 6.3 Membership of current employer's pension scheme by sex: 1975 to 2000 TABLE 6.4 Membership of current employer's pension scheme by sex: 1983 to 2000 TABLE 6.5 Current pension scheme membership by sex and socio-economic group TABLE 6.6 Current pension scheme membership by sex and usual gross weekly earnings: all employees TABLE 6.7 Current pension scheme membership by sex and length of time with current employer TABLE 6.8 Current pension scheme membership by sex and number of employees in the establishment TABLE 6.9 Current pension scheme membership by sex and industry group TABLE 6.10 Membership of personal pension scheme by sex and whether working full time or part time: self-employ... TABLE 6.11 Membership of personal pension scheme by sex and length of time in self-employment Chapter 7 General health and use of health services TABLE 7.1 Trends in self-reported sickness by sex and age, 1972 to 2000: percentage of persons who reported (a... TABLE 7.1 CON 7.1 continued TABLE 7.2 Self perception of general health during the last 12 months TABLE 7.3 Acute sickness: average number of restricted activity days per person per year, by sex and age TABLE 7.4 Chronic sickness: prevalence of reported longstanding illness by sex, age and socio-economic group o... TABLE 7.5 Chronic sickness: prevalence of reported longstanding illness by sex, age and socio-economic group o... TABLE 7.6 Acute sickness (a) Prevalence of reported restricted activity in the 14 days before interview, by se... TABLE 7.7 Chronic sickness: prevalence of reported longstanding illness by sex, age, and economic activity sta... TABLE 7.8 Chronic sickness: prevalence of reported limiting longstanding illness by sex, age, and economic ac... TABLE 7.9 Acute sickness (a) Prevalence of reported restricted activity in the 14 days before interview, by se... TABLE 7.10 Self-reported sickness by sex and Government Office Region: percentage of persons who reported (a) l... TABLE 7.11 Prevalence of: (a) longstanding illness by sex and NHS Regional Office area (b) limiting longstanding.... TABLE 7.11 CON 7.11 continued TABLE 7.12 Chronic sickness: rate per 1000 reporting longstanding condition groups, by sex TABLE 7.13 Chronic sickness: rate per 1000 reporting longstanding condition groups, by age TABLE 7.14 Chronic sickness: rate per 1000 reporting selected longstanding condition groups, by age and sex TABLE 7.15 Chronic sickness: rate per 1000 reporting selected longstanding conditions, by age and sex TABLE 7.16 Chronic sickness: rate per 1000 reporting selected longstanding condition groups, by socio-economic ... TABLE 7.17 Chronic sickness: rate per 1000 reporting selected longstanding condition groups, by age and sex and... TABLE 7.18 Trends in consultations with an NHS GP in the 14 days before interview: 1972 to 2000 TABLE 7.19 Average number of NHS GP consultations per person per year: 1972 to 2000 TABLE 7.20 (NHS) GP consultations: trends in site of consultation: 1971 to 2000 TABLE 7.21 (NHS) GP consultations: consultations with doctors in the 14 days before interview, by sex and age o... TABLE 7.22 (NHS) GP consultations: percentage of persons consulting a doctor in the 14 days before interview, b... TABLE 7.23 (NHS) GP consultations (a) Percentage of persons who consulted a doctor in the 14 days before interv... TABLE 7.24 (NHS) GP consultations (a) Percentage of persons who consulted a doctor in the 14 days before interv... TABLE 7.25 (NHS) GP consultations: percentage of persons consulting a doctor in the 14 days before interview wh... TABLE 7.26 GP consultations with doctors in the 14 days before interview by whether consultation was NHS or pri... TABLE 7.27 Reported consultations with a practice nurse by age and sex (a) percentage consulting a practice nur... TABLE 7.28 Percentage of children using health services in the 14 days before interview TABLE 7.29 Trends in percentages of persons who reported attending an outpatient or casualty department in the 3... TABLE 7.30 Trends in day-patient treatment in the 12 months before interview, 1992 to 2000 TABLE 7.31 Trends in inpatient stays in the 12 months before interview, 1982 to 2000 TABLE 7.32 Average number of separate days spent in hospital as a day-patient during the 12 months before inter... TABLE 7.33 Inpatient stays and outpatient attendances (a) Average number of inpatient stays per 100 persons in ... TABLE 7.34 Average number of nights spent in hospital as an inpatient during the last 12 months Chapter 8 Smoking TABLE 8.1 Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and age: 1974 to 2000 TABLE 8.2 Ex-regular cigarette smokers by sex and age: 1974 to 2000 TABLE 8.3 Percentage who have never smoked cigarettes regularly by sex and age: 1974 to 2000 TABLE 8.4 Cigarette-smoking status by sex and marital status TABLE 8.5 Cigarette-smoking status by age and sex: 2000 General Household Survey TABLE 8.6 Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and standard region: 1976 to 2000 TABLE 8.7 Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and NHS Regional Office area in England TABLE 8.8 Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and socio-economic group:1974 to 2000 TABLE 8.9 Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and socio-economic group of household reference person: 1992 ... TABLE 8.10 Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and whether household reference person is in a non-manual or ... TABLE 8.11 Cigarette-smoking status by sex and socio-economic group of household reference person TABLE 8.12 Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and socio-economic group based on current or last job, whethe... TABLE 8.13 Average weekly cigarette consumption per smoker by sex and age: 1974 to 2000 TABLE 8.14 Cigarette-smoking status by sex: 1974 to 2000 TABLE 8.15 Cigarette-smoking status by sex and age TABLE 8.16 Number of cigarettes smoked per day by sex: 1974 to 2000 TABLE 8.17 Number of cigarettes smoked per day by sex and age TABLE 8.18 Average weekly cigarette consumption per smoker by sex and socio-economic group: 1974 to 2000 TABLE 8.19 Type of cigarette smoked by sex: 1974 to 2000 TABLE 8.20 Type of cigarette smoked by age and sex TABLE 8.21 Tar yield per cigarette: 1986 to 2000 TABLE 8.22 Tar yields by sex and age TABLE 8.23 Tar yields by socio-economic group of household reference person TABLE 8.24 Prevalence of smoking by sex and type of product smoked: 1974 to 2000 TABLE 8.25 Prevalence of smoking by type of product smoked by sex and age TABLE 8.26 Age started smoking regularly by socio-economic group of household reference person and sex TABLE 8.27 How easy or difficult smokers would find it to go without smoking for a whole day, by sex and number ... TABLE 8.28 Proportion of smokers who would find it difficult to go without smoking for a whole day, by sex, age... TABLE 8.29 Whether would like to give up smoking altogether, by sex and number of cigarettes smoked per day TABLE 8.30 Proportion of smokers who would like to give up smoking altogether, by sex, age and number of cigare... TABLE 8.31 Proportion of smokers who would like to stop smoking altogether, by sex and whether they would find ... TABLE 8.32 Time between waking and the first cigarette, by sex and number of cigarettes smoked per day TABLE 8.33 Proportion of smokers who have their first cigarette within five minutes of waking, by sex, age and ... TABLE 8.34 How easy or difficult smokers would find it to go without smoking for a whole day, by sex and time b... TABLE 8.35 Indicators of dependence by number of cigarettes smoked a day: 1992 to 2000 Chapter 9 Drinking TABLE 9.1 Whether drank last week and number of drinking days by sex and age TABLE 9.2 Whether daily amount drunk last week varied, by sex and age TABLE 9.3 Maximum daily amount drunk last week by sex and age TABLE 9.4 Alcohol consumption last week by sex and age: 1998-2000 TABLE 9.5 Maximum daily amount drunk last week by sex, age and marital status TABLE 9.6 Maximum daily amount drunk last week by sex, marital status and age of respondent, and age of younge... TABLE 9.7 Maximum daily amount drunk last week by weekly alcohol consumption level TABLE 9.8(A) Maximum daily amount drunk last week by age and weekly alcohol consumption level: men TABLE 9.8(B) Maximum daily amount drunk last week by age and weekly alcohol consumption level: women TABLE 9.9 Whether drank last week and number of drinking days by sex and socio-economic group of the household... TABLE 9.10 Maximum daily amount drunk last week, by sex and socio-economic group of the household reference per... TABLE 9.11 Maximum daily amount drunk last week by sex, weekly alcohol consumption level and socio-economic gro... TABLE 9.12 Maximum daily amount drunk last week by sex and usual gross weekly household income TABLE 9.13 Maximum daily amount drunk last week by sex and usual gross weekly earnings TABLE 9.14 Maximum daily amount drunk last week by sex and economic activity status TABLE 9.15 Maximum daily amount drunk last week by sex and Government Office Region TABLE 9.16 Weekly alcohol consumption level by sex: 1988 to 2000 TABLE 9.17 Weekly alcohol consumption: percentage exceeding specified amounts by sex and age: 1988-2000 TABLE 9.18 Mean weekly alcohol consumption by sex and age: 1992-2000 TABLE 9.19 Weekly alcohol consumption level by sex and socio-economic group of the household reference person TABLE 9.20 Mean weekly alcohol consumption by sex and socio-economic group of the household reference person: 1... Appendices TABLE A.1 Household composition and reference person definitions TABLE A.2 Characteristics of head of household and highest income householder TABLE B.1 The sample of addresses and households TABLE B.2 Type of interview taken TABLE B.3 Trends in the middle response rate: 1971 to 2000 TABLE B.4 Quarterly and annual response TABLE B.5 Response rates by Government Office Region TABLE B.7 Government Office Region: a comparison of the 2000 GHS and population estimates for mid-2000 TABLE C.1 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for household's tenure, household type and accommodation... TABLE C.2 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for household size and access to cars/vans TABLE C.3 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for households' ownership of a video, compact disc play... TABLE C.4 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for age and sex TABLE C.5 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for marital status TABLE C.6 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for ethnic origin TABLE C.7 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for education level TABLE C.8 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for socio-economic group and employment status of adult... TABLE C.9 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for health measures TABLE C.10 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for cigarette smoking TABLE C.11 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for alcohol consumption (maximum daily amount): Males TABLE C.12 Standard errors and 95% confidence intervals for alcohol consumption (maximum daily amount): Females TABLE C.13 Comparisons between 1998 and 2000: standard errors and defts for household variables TABLE C.14 Comparisons between 1998 and 2000: standard errors and defts for individual variables TABLE D.1 Weighted versus unweighted data for 1998 and 2000 - households TABLE D.2 Weighted versus unweighted data for 1998 and 2000 - individuals Figures FIGURE 3A Mean household size: Great Britain, 1971-2000 FIGURE 3B Households by type of household: Great Britain, 2000 FIGURE 3C Families with dependent children by family type: Great Britain, 1971-2000 FIGURE 3D Percentage born in the UK by age and ethnic group: Great Britain, 1996, 1998, 2000 combined FIGURE 4A Tenure: Great Britain, 1971 to 2000 FIGURE 4B Households with access to a car of van: Great Britain, 1972 to 2000 FIGURE 4C Percentage of household with consumer durables: Great Britain, 1972 to 2000 FIGURE 5A Percentage of non-married men and women aged 16-59 cohabiting by age: Great Britain, 2000 FIGURE 5B Percentage of single, divorced and separated women* aged 18-49 cohabiting by legal marital status: G... FIGURE 6A Membership of current employer's pension scheme by sex and whether working full time or part time: G... FIGURE 6B Membership of personal pension scheme by sex and socio-economic group: Great Britain; 1996, 1998 and... FIGURE 7A Trends in percentages of males and females reporting sickness, 1972 to 2000: (a) longstanding illnes... FIGURE 7B Percentage of males and females consulting an NHS GP in the 14 days before interview: Great Britain ... FIGURE 7C Percentage of males and females reporting an inpatient stay in the 12 months before interview by age... FIGURE 8A Prevalence of cigarette smoking for men and women: Great Britain, 1974 to 2000 FIGURE 8B Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and age: Great Britain, 1980 to 2000 FIGURE 8C Prevalence of cigarette smoking by sex and socio-economic group based on own current or last job and... FIGURE 8D How easy or difficult smokers would find it to go without smoking for a whole day, by sex and number... FIGURE 9A Percentage of men and women who had drunk alcohol on 5 days or more in the week prior to interview b... FIGURE 9B Percentage exceeding daily benchmarks by age: men: Great Britain, 2000 FIGURE 9C Percentage exceeding daily benchmarks by age: women: Great Britain, 2000 FIGURE A.A Standard Statistical Region and Government Office Region FIGURE A.B NHS Regional Office Areas FIGURE B.A Stratifiers FIGURE D.A Weighting classes FIGURE D.B Weighting classes used for CALMAR analysis