Intragenerational social mobility and self-rated oral health in the british cohort study

Table 2 Prevalence of poor self-rated oral health at age 46 years by social class or origin (age 26) and destination (age 46 years) in the 1970 British Cohort Study (n = 6524)

Social class at age 26 years	Social class at age 46 years
Social class at age 26 years	I/II	III-NM/M	IV/V	Total
Prevalence of poor oral health
I/II	17.8	19.0	19.8	18.4
III-NM/M	18.1	25.3	30.4	23.4
IV/V	25.0	30.7	34.6	30.6
Total	18.5	24.7	30.1	22.2
Cell sizes (n)
I/II	2136	401	187	2724
III-NM/M	1170	1139	573	2882
IV/V	280	257	381	918
Total	3586	1797	1141	6524

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