Table 2.22

Perceived social support, by equivalised household income tertile within
minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over						1999
Perceived social support	Equivalised household income tertile
	Men			Women
	Lowest	Middle	Highest	Lowest	Middle	Highest
Observed %
Black Caribbean
No lack	49	44	49	48	56	60
Some lack	26	34	39	34	25	29
Severe lack	25	22	12	19	18	11
Indian
No lack	43	31	42	44	31	42
Some lack	25	25	32	23	23	27
Severe lack	32	43	26	32	46	31
Pakistani
No lack	30	30	50	41	32	44
Some lack	33	35	30	32	33	38
Severe lack	36	36	20	27	35	18
Bangladeshi
No lack	32	34	a	38	40	a
Some lack	34	35	a	32	28	a
Severe lack	34	31	a	30	32	a
Chinese
No lack	16	23	45	19	19	47
Some lack	26	41	32	29	35	37
Severe lack	59	36	23	52	46	16
Irish
No lack	[32]	60	58	54	63	69
Some lack	[34]	25	35	28	23	26
Severe lack	[34]	16	7	18	15	5
General population
No lack	40	48	58	48	59	68
Some lack	35	33	30	29	27	25
Severe lack	25	19	13	22	15	7
Standardised risk ratios
Severe lack
Black Caribbean	1.67	1.50	0.85	1.66	1.76	1.04
Standard error	0.32	0.29	0.17	0.28	0.28	0.20
Indian	2.16	2.95	1.84	2.82	4.15	2.86
Standard error	0.38	0.32	0.23	0.48	0.42	0.34
Pakistani	2.78	2.43	1.57	2.39	2.91	1.38
Standard error	0.33	0.30	0.34	0.42	0.50	0.33
Bangladeshi	2.33	2.13	a	2.49	2.45	a
Standard error	0.24	0.39	a	0.31	0.54	a
Chinese	3.92	2.31	1.39	4.42	4.01	1.14
Standard error	0.49	0.41	0.31	0.62	0.55	0.30
Irish	[2.34]	0.99	0.50	1.79	1.28	0.46
Standard error	[0.55]	0.25	0.12	0.41	0.26	0.11
General population	1.66	1.35	0.83	2.03	1.44	0.64
Standard error	0.22	0.12	0.06	0.22	0.13	0.06
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	73	91	123	108	124	167
Indian	79	151	179	82	151	173
Pakistani	78	81	57	85	62	51
Bangladeshi	57	19	6	59	20	4
Chinese	17	24	30	19	27	34
Irish	92	403	803	202	549	977
General population	2530	10693	23249	4104	14232	24981
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	102	138	190	161	191	244
Indian	75	149	212	83	150	216
Pakistani	145	146	90	157	108	82
Bangladeshi	225	73	18	253	70	14
Chinese	55	73	94	62	80	111
Irish	36	132	276	81	184	348
General population	219	883	1872	355	1165	2006

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

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