Table 1

Respondent demographics

Percentage
Age
18–2444%
25–3423%
35–4414%
45–5415%
55–644%
Gender
Male31%
Female69%
Location
United Kingdom89%
Republic of Ireland10%
Occupation
Student34%
Unemployed2%
Homemaker/Retired/Carer6%
Part time employment (up to 29 h)12%
Full time employment (30+ hours per week)47%
Marital status
Single59.11%
Married/Cohabiting38%
Divorced/separated/widowed3%
No. of dependents in the household
058%
113%
215%
3+15%
Highest level of mathematical achievement
Key stage 3 maths3%
Maths GCSE (or equivalent)71%
Maths AS level2%
Maths A level16%
University degree7%
Career related to mathematics2%
Highest level of educational achievement
Primary school1%
Secondary school25%
Apprenticeship/NVQ level 2 or 311%
Bachelor degree40%
Postgraduate degree (e.g. PGCE, Masters or PhD)19%
Social grade*
A–high managerial, administrative or professional8%
B–Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional34%
C1 - Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional14%
C2 - Skilled manual workers13%
D–Semi and unskilled manual workers27%
E–state pensioners, casual or lowest grade workers and unemployed with state benefits only5%

Note(s): *Occupations cited by respondents were categorised according to the six main social grades (NRC, 2021)

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