Table 2.16

GHQ12 score, by age within minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over								1999
GHQ12 score	Age group
	Men				Women
	16-34	35-54	55 +	All men	16-34	35-54	55 +	All women
Observed %
Black Caribbean
0	54	50	49	51	42	46	42	44
1-3	34	32	32	33	36	33	32	34
4 or more	12	18	19	16	22	21	26	23
Indian
0	56	55	46	54	47	49	39	47
1-3	34	27	33	31	29	30	36	30
4 or more	10	18	21	16	24	21	24	23
Pakistani
0	57	56	46	55	49	51	[45]	49
1-3	28	24	28	27	31	20	[36]	28
4 or more	15	20	26	18	20	30	[18]	22
Bangladeshi
0	57	45	29	48	48	48	[32]	46
1-3	25	26	28	26	37	20	[17]	31
4 or more	18	29	44	26	15	32	[51]	23
Chinese
0	69	70	[66]	69	68	57	[60]	61
1-3	29	26	[30]	28	26	34	[33]	31
4 or more	3	4	[4]	3	6	9	[7]	8
Irish
0	52	52	48	51	53	48	53	51
1-3	28	31	34	31	27	29	31	29
4 or more	19	16	18	18	20	23	16	20
General population
0	53	54	59	55	48	51	53	50
1-3	34	29	27	30	33	30	30	31
4 or more	12	17	14	15	19	19	18	19
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	133	86	112	331	180	178	105	464
Indian	207	233	100	540	225	209	70	504
Pakistani	159	93	32	284	177	76	15	269
Bangladeshi	56	29	20	104	70	24	10	104
Chinese	31	39	15	85	33	57	14	104
Irish	382	678	437	1497	558	850	521	1929
General population	11856	15126	14392	41374	14345	18669	16791	49806
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	194	131	167	492	267	266	153	686
Indian	218	245	102	565	241	228	77	546
Pakistani	270	167	51	488	304	132	28	464
Bangladeshi	220	106	76	402	280	106	38	424
Chinese	100	116	48	264	104	177	47	328
Irish	133	228	154	515	201	292	191	684
General population	989	1247	1153	3389	1192	1533	1327	4052

^a The sample base for these categories is too small for the results to be shown.

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