Social prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of service providers’ and clients’ experiences

Table 1 Participant demographics

	N
Gender
Male	19
Female	25
Age
40–49	6
50–59	11
60–69	17
70+	10
Ethnicity^a
White British	38
British Bangladeshi/Pakistani/ Indian	6
Income
< 10 K	13
10-20 K	14
21-30 K	6
31-40 K	3
> 40 K	4
Employment status
Prefer not to say	4
Full-time (FT) employment	4
Part-time (PT) employment	8
Furloughed	2
Unemployed	13
Retired	17
Benefits claimed^b
None	20
Health-related benefits	18
Means-tested benefits	6
Number of LTCs^c
1	9
2 or more	35
Household Structure
Lives alone	12
Lives with partner	17
Lives with family < 18 yrs	10
Lives with family > 18 yrs	4
Multigenerational household	1
Housing Status
Owned	26
Rental (Private or social housing)	17
Other	1
IMD quintile of home address
1 (least deprived)	6
2	4
3	9
4	5
5 (most deprived)	20

^aThe ethnic diversity of the sample is similar to the population of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with 88% of the population being White British and Asian/British Asian ethnic groups comprising the majority of the minority ethnic groups (ONS, 2011)
^bMeans-tested benefits include Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits which are available to people on a low income; and Income Support which is available for people who are out of work or unable to work. Health-related benefits included PIP (Personal Independence Payment), DLA (Disability Living Allowance) and ESA (Employment Support Allowance) which are available for people who have a disability or health condition that affects how much they can work. We also include Carers and Attendance Allowance in this category, and Universal Credit LCW (Limited Capacity for Work), which is an additional element of UC for people who have limited capacity to work due to a health condition or disability
^cLTCs were self-reported by participants in interviews

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