Table 1.

Characteristics of responders to the General Practice Patient Surveys, 2011–2014^a

	Responders, n	Unweighted percentage of responders, %	Weighted percentage of responders, %
Age, years
18–24	120 263	4.2	9.7
25–34	275 565	9.6	17.1
35–44	376 214	13.1	17.8
45–54	496 900	17.3	18.5
55–64	575 908	20.1	15.0
65–74	561 814	19.6	11.9
75–84	346 370	12.1	7.2
≥85	111 737	3.9	2.9
Total	2 864 771

Sex
Male	1 237 230	43.2	49.0
Female	1 627 054	56.8	51.0
Total	2 864 284

Ethnicity
White	2 511 254	87.9	87.2
Mixed	21 459	0.8	1.0
Asian	169 559	5.9	6.4
Black	76 699	2.7	2.6
Other	78 193	2.7	2.8
Total	2 857 164

Deprivation fifth^b
1 (most deprived)	596 503	20.5	20.5
2	577 155	19.8	20.1
3	597 355	20.5	20.0
4	588 258	20.2	19.7
5 (least deprived)	550 900	18.9	19.7
Total	2 910 171

Can take time off work to see GP
Not working^c	1 460 780	53.5	43.2
Yes	883 318	32.4	38.8
No	384 779	14.1	18.0
Total	2 728 877

Confident in managing health
Very	1 185 895	42.5	43.2
Fairly	1 392 810	49.9	49.5
Not very	172 691	6.2	6.0
Not at all	37 596	1.3	1.3
Total	2 788 992

↵a In total, there were 2 912 535 survey responders from 8289 general practices; data presented where available for each variable. Weighted percentages account for survey design and non-response.
↵b Fifths of the national Index of Multiple Deprivation rank for lower-layer super output areas of residence.
↵c Full-time education, unemployed, sick or disabled, retired, looking after home, other.