Table 1

Demographic data for survey responders

	n	% Of total responders	% Of national population aged >18 years^*
Total	1575	100
Gender
Male	434	27.6	49.4
Female	1127	71.6	50.6
Not reported	14	0.9
Age
18–25	12	0.8	17.5
26–35	100	6.3	23.4
36–45	285	18.1	20.2
46–55	415	26.3	16.9
56–65	311	19.7	13.2
66–75	315	20.0	8.5
75–85	131	8.3	5.1
85+	0	0.0	0.2
Not reported	6	0.4
Employment status
Employed	804	51.0	62.6
Homemaker	202	12.8	15.8
Unemployed	54	3.4	4.6
Retired	391	24.8	8.5
Unable to work (sickness/disability)	106	6.7	Unknown
Current GMS eligible	563	35.7	32.7
Ever GMS eligible	375	23.8
Ever worked in healthcare	348	22.1
Education completed
No formal education	3	2	16.7
Primary education only	58	3.7
Secondary education	801	50.9	44.6
Third level education	699	44.4	26.9
Not reported	14	0.9
Habitation
City	493	31.3
Town	495	31.4
Rural	574	36.4
Illness or disability in household in last 3 years
Physical	724	46.0
Mental/emotional	396	25.1