Socioeconomic disparities in access to intensive insulin regimens for adults with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study of patient and healthcare professional perspectives

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of patients in the sample

Characteristics	Number
Gender
Male	13
Female	15
Age
18–29	4
30–39	7
40–49	10
50–59	4
60–69	2
≥ 70	1
Socioeconomic classification^a
Higher managerial, administrative and professional	11
Intermediate	7
Routine and manual	9
Student	1
Education
Left school at 16 (no further qualifications)	10
Continued with education/qualifications post 16	18
Deprivation (IMD 2010)^b
Quintile 1 (Most deprived)	11
Quintile 2	6
Quintile 3	2
Quintile 4	6
Quintile 5 (Least Deprived)	3

^aThe Standard Occupational Classification 2010 (three classes version). Unemployed individuals were coded to their last occupation
^bThe Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010 [43].

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