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Appendix four: Description of the
Sample
A4.1 Deaf people were approached in four age groups -
18-29 years, 30-44 years, 45-59 years and 60+ years. There
was expected to be gender balance but more in C2DE and
unemployed categories than the national average. Ethnic
group representation was targeted at 5%. Participants were
located by Deaf researchers who travelled (on several
occasions) to each town/Deaf club. This quota approach has
been used successfully several times in previous work with
Deaf people throughout the
UK. The data from Stornoway and from
Lerwick is quite different and is described separately
Appendix 5).
Table A4.1: Age and Location
(n=80) (target in brackets)
| Age group (yrs) | Total |
|---|
18-29 | 30-45 | 46-60 | 61+ |
|---|
location | Aberdeen | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 15(16) |
|---|
Edinburgh | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21(20) |
|---|
Glasgow | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 30(30) |
|---|
Inverness | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7(7) |
|---|
Kirkcaldy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7(7) |
|---|
Total | 20(20) | 19(20) | 23(20) | 18(20) | 80 |
|---|
A4.2 As can be seen (Table A4.1) the location and age
targets were matched quite closely. Although people were
interviewed in the locations described above, they may
reside in another place. A simple classification was made
of city (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen) town (smaller towns
nearby) and village (usually very small town nearby). Table
A4.2 shows the distribution.
Table A4.2 Location of
Interview and home
Numbers | Home located in | Total |
|---|
city | town | village |
|---|
location | Aberdeen | 12 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
|---|
Edinburgh | 12 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
|---|
Glasgow | 24 | 5 | 1 | 30 |
|---|
Inverness | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
|---|
Kirkcaldy | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
|---|
Total | 48 | 21 | 11 | 80 |
|---|
A4.3 There is a significant number of people who were
interviewed who came from smaller centres and this can be
taken into account in the analysis. There is a difference
in average age between those in cities (43 years), towns
(48 years) and villages (51 years) - however, the
difference is not statistically significant.
A4.4 As might be expected marital status is linked to
age (Table A4.3) although there are fewer Deaf people
married than hearing people - see last line of the table
scaled from the Census 2001. This would be a typical
finding - 7-10% less of the Deaf community are likely to be
married.
Table A4.3 Age Group and
marital Status
Numbers | married | Total |
|---|
n/k | divorced | married | single | widowed |
|---|
Age group | 18-29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
|---|
30-45 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
|---|
46-60 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
|---|
61+ | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
|---|
Total | 1 | 13 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 80 |
|---|
Scottish Census | | 9 | 40 | 24 | 7 | 80 |
|---|
A4.5 The largest single group (26%) had attended
Donaldson's School in Edinburgh with equal numbers from the
Glasgow School and St Vincent's School (7.5% each). Nine
percent had been educated in England and 45% had attended
other schools for the Deaf or even mainstream schools. Six
percent were from non-white ethnic groups.
Table A4.4: Age Group and
Gender
Numbers | Gender | Total | Scottish Census |
|---|
F | M |
|---|
Age group | 18-29 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 17 |
|---|
30-45 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 23 |
|---|
46-60 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 19 |
|---|
61+ | 7 | 11 | 18 | 21 |
|---|
Total | 41 | 39 | 80 | |
|---|
Scottish Census | 42 | 38 | | |
|---|
A4.6 There were marginally more females in the sample
than males which is close to the Scottish population and
the age group distribution is similar (although the Census
age categories are marginally different). The Deaf group
has an over-weighting in the 45-60 year old group, as
compared to the Scottish population.
Table A4.5: Age Group and Job
classification
Numbers | Job | Total |
|---|
Professional
AB | Office
C1 | Trade
C2DE | Unemployed/
retired/
at home |
|---|
Age group | 18-29 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
|---|
30-45 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
|---|
46-60 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 23 |
|---|
61+ | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
|---|
Total | 4 | 17 | 19 | 39 | 79 |
|---|
Scottish Census | 15 | 8 | 17 | 33 | |
|---|
A4.7 The job classification was part of the original
quota sample - although this had to be relaxed in the
latter stages of the project. There are clear differences
according to age in the sample with the younger group much
more likely to report a professional job. Older people are
more likely to be retired or at home for some reason.
A4.8 When related to the Scottish population as a whole
(16-74 years) this population has some differences. More of
the Deaf sample are outside the employment market - 39
(49%) as compared to 42% of hearing people - this would be
predicted on the expectation of greater use of disability
allowances and early retirement opportunities for Deaf
people. Of those people in work, there are also predictable
differences. Many more hearing people are in professional
and managerial roles - in fact, none of the Deaf sample are
in the category of what would be termed managers or senior
officials which is 12.6% of the hearing population. It
seems that more deaf people are in office jobs and this is
a pattern related to age.
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