Appendix 1: Chi-Squared Results: Type of Illness by Social Participation

Social Activities

	CVD	Muscular-skeletal problem	Mental / Nervous illness	Lung Problem	Other health problem	Digestive tract / reproductive problem	Sensory Impairment
Meeting friends	170,441	4	,000	127,588	4	0.000	106,985	4	0.00	105,978	4	0.000	47,728	4	0.000	73,512	4	0.000	128,243	4	0.000
Contacting friends	389,439	4	,000	219,499	4	0.000	159,792	4	0.000	110,552	4	0.000	69,986	4	0.000	100,872	4	0.000	130,118	4	0.000
Meet relatives	54,376	4	,000	81,602	4	0.000	44,082	4	0.00	31,593	4	0.000	15,168	4	0.004	24,300	4	0.000	5,702	4	,223
Contact relatives	35,960	4	,000	36,972	4	0.000	70,327	4	0.00	42,822	4	0.000	10,580	4	,032	17,066	4	0.000	7,377	4	,117

Cultural Activities

	CVD	Muscular-skeletal problem	Mental / Nervous illness	Lung Problem	Other health problem	Digestive tract / reproductive problem	Sensory Impairment
Visit galleries	160,686	3	,000	209,425	3	.000	87,133	3	.000	68,196	3	.000	29,977	3	.000	37,067	3	.001	45,176	3	.000
Live performance	185,871	3	,000	161,619	3	.000	85,066	3	.000	63,932	3	.000	33,014	3	.000	47,674	3	.000	82,477	3	.000
Live sports event	192,871	3	.000	158,303	3	.000	85,092	3	.000	52,179	3	.000	40,668	3	.000	46,673	3	.000	78,601	3	.000
Cinema	793,562	3	.000	538,479	3	.000	142,380	3	.000	134,393	3	.000	96,218	3	.000	158,353	3	.000	232,127	3	.000

Group Activities

	CVD	Muscular-skeletal problem	Mental / Nervous illness	Lung Problem	Other health problem	Digestive tract / reproductive problem	Sensory Impairment
Hobby / social group	158,688	1	.000	163,975	1	0.000	8,617	1	,003	12,944	1	0.00	10,161	1	0.001	39,430	1	0.000	47,156	1	0.000
Sports group	,343	1	,558	,007	1	,932	2,938	1	,087	,024	1	,877	,900	1	,343	,013	1	,909	4,926	1	0.026
Other group	138,379	1	.000	109,517	1	0.000	8,917	1	,003	,857	1	,355	19,713	1	,000	25,312	1	0.000	14,513	1	0.000
Religious group	142,331	1	.000	141,363	1	0.000	28,800	1	.000	4,408	1	,036	25,717	1	.000	38,986	1	0.000	35,627	1	0.000

 

Appendix 2: Chronic Illness and Social Participation by Explanatory Factor

Age and Vehicle Use

Explanatory Factor	Age
	0-20	21-40	41-60	61+
Social Participation	Chi-square value	Significance	Chi-square value	Significance	Chi- square value	Significance	Chi- square value	Significance
Cinema	0,844	,825	24,616		64,584		67,597
Live performance	2,593	,459	15,815	.001	61,885		53,186
Visit galleries	2,766	,429	16,118		62,906		86,224
Live sport event	3,683	,298	14,459	.002	58,468		19,324
Meet relatives	12,740	(,013)	4,131	,389	62,236		6,258	,181
Meet friends	5,372	,251	21,809		26,168		51,086
Contact relatives	1,883	,757	17,579		50,530		20,254
Contact friends	4,194	(,380)	18,643			41,655	36,814
Social group	2,758	,097	8,387		,032	,857	5,356	.021
Religious group	,083	,773	7,257		,011	,915	5,486	.19
Other group	2,109	,146	3,443	,064	3,893	,048	,797	,372,
Sport group	,232	,630	.268	,605	28,942		13,033

Economic status

Explanatory Factor	Economic Status
	Full time	Part time	Unemployed	Student	Family	(sick)	Retired	Not in paid work
Social Participation	Chi-squared value	Significance	Chi-squared value	Significance	Chi-squared value	Significance	Chi-squared value	Significance	Chi-squared value	Significance	Chi-squared value	Significance	Chi-squared value	Significance	Chi-squared value	Significance
Cinema	35,371	.000	12,322	,006	7,585	,055	1,280	,734	9,560	,023	7,781	(,051)	68,092		7,906	(,048)
Live performance	1,525	,676	5,647	,130	1,307	,728	2,252	,522	15,963		22,588	(.007)	47,626		,604	(,895)
Visit galleries	8,315	,040	22,253		1,010	,799	1,216	,749	6,698	,082	18,525	(.000)	79,200		1,430	,699
Live sport event	20,062		2,028	,567	2,481	(,479)	2,519	,472	,551		16,784	(.000)	25,840		5,662	(,129)
Meet relatives	4,661	,324	3,534	,473	3,496	,478	6,975	(,137)	1,355	,852	,611	(,962)	7,776	,100	4,690	(,321)
Meet friends	14,879		2,947	,567	8,494	,075	12,003		9,724	,045	5,618	(,230)	48,617		2,910	(,573)
Contact relatives	2,557	,634	5,990	,200	6,023	,197	1,655	,799	4,324	.364	2,997	(,558)	15,280	,004	5,027	(,284)
Contact friends	23,202		6,060	,195	9,544	,049	17,233		14,773	,054	9,293	,054	40,918		2,056	,725
Hobby social group	4,949	,026	12,865		,088	,767	2,076	,150	4,249	,039	,653	(,419)	4,424	,035	,167	,683
Religious group	12,917		1,708	,191	1,457	,227	6,327		3,423	,064	,015	(,903)	8,472		,050	,823
Other group	2,374	,123	3,190	,074	,924	,336	,203	,652	1,165	,280	1,674	(,196)	3,687	,055	,054	,817
Sport group	,519	,471	1,655	,198	,219	,640	,180	,671	,587	,444	,072	,789	12,930		6,041	0.014

Money

Explanatory Factor	Ends Meet
	Great difficulty	Difficulty	Some difficulty	Fairly easily	Easily	Very easily
Social Participation	Chi-Squared Value	Significance	Chi-Squared Value	Significance	Chi-Squared Value	Significance	Chi-Squared Value	Significance	Chi-Squared Value	Significance	Chi-Squared Value	Significance
Cinema	27,054		96,478		173,252		290,115		103,721		41,308
Live performance	10,012	.018	19,789		49,665		58,506		33,597		10,249	,017
Visit galleries	15,442		10,386	,016	38,219		65,891		24,138		28,602
Live sport event	9,940		9,011	.029	63,565		116,168		26,454		20,535
Meet relatives	8,350	,080	6,444	,168	9,243	,055	38,894		18,943		3,190	,527
Meet friends	10,992	.027	10,713	.030	56,090		65,433		35,867		13,406
Contact relatives	4,777	.311	14,517		14,590		17,730		10,809	,029	9,382	,052
Contact friends	16,693		68,069		87,643		127,684		68,444		28,196
Hobby social group	1,227	.268	12,101		61,233d		41,565		8,374		12,531
Religious group	5,883		8,989		37,758d		43,488		4,064	,044	16,510
Other group	3,658	,056	3,778	,052	7,550d		47,343		8,995		1,087	,297
Sport group	8,379	0.004 ¯	1,096	,295	,037d	,848	,179	,672	5,818		,355	,551

Family status

Explanatory Factor	Family Type
	Single	Couple without child	Couple with child	Lone parent
Social Participation	Chi-Squared Value	Significance	Chi-Squared Value	Significance	Chi-Squared Value	Significance	Chi-Squared Value	Significance
Cinema	223,316		205,617		66,716		58,144
Live performance	86,022		84,264		23,679		14,358
Visit galleries	117,918		93,343		23,650		3,114	,374
Live sport event	132,851		51,068		17,726		12,792
Meet relatives	47,482		31,879		23,774		16,987
Meet friends	63,997		54,925		47,509		17,155
Contact relatives	19,769		23,602		23,590		4,096	,393
Contact friends	,125	,724	,125	,719	44,768		11,060
Hobby social group	,262	,609	4,821	,028	28,445		5,580	,018
Religious group	,125	,724	,129	,719	44,768		11,060
Other group	,605	,437	2,925	,087	7,669		22,597
Sport group	44,122		20,102		4,801		,007	,933

Significance values:
Empty boxes mean that the value is significant at 0.000 level

Degrees of Freedom:
I have omitted the degrees of freedom in the table for reasons of clarity. They are: Age: 3 Economic status: 3 Ends Meet: 3 Family Status: