Table 1 Comparison of the characteristics of groups defined according to parental SES
Higher managerial | Lower managerial | Intermediate occupations | Small employers | Lower supervisory | Semi-routine occupations | Routine occupations | P valuea | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Sex | 0.107 | ||||||||||||||
Men | 444 | 48.7 | 619 | 46.1 | 565 | 47.8 | 366 | 52.0 | 372 | 46.6 | 456 | 44.9 | 358 | 47.9 | |
Women | 468 | 51.3 | 724 | 53.9 | 617 | 52.2 | 338 | 48.0 | 427 | 53.4 | 560 | 55.1 | 389 | 52.1 | |
Ethnicity | < 0.001 | ||||||||||||||
White | 888 | 97.4 | 1,298 | 96.7 | 1144 | 96.8 | 665 | 94.5 | 766 | 95.9 | 953 | 93.8 | 699 | 93.6 | |
Non-white | 24 | 2.6 | 45 | 3.4 | 38 | 3.2 | 39 | 5.5 | 33 | 4.1 | 63 | 6.2 | 48 | 6.4 | |
Country of residence | 0.089 | ||||||||||||||
England | 794 | 87.1 | 1,159 | 86.3 | 1032 | 87.3 | 581 | 82.5 | 700 | 87.6 | 873 | 85.9 | 624 | 83.5 | |
Scotland | 73 | 8.0 | 103 | 7.7 | 96 | 8.1 | 68 | 9.7 | 57 | 7.1 | 88 | 8.7 | 72 | 9.6 | |
Wales | 45 | 4.9 | 81 | 6.0 | 54 | 4.6 | 55 | 7.8 | 42 | 5.3 | 55 | 5.4 | 51 | 6.8 | |
Residence area | < 0.001 | ||||||||||||||
Urban | 611 | 67.0 | 903 | 67.2 | 836 | 70.7 | 445 | 63.2 | 584 | 73.1 | 739 | 72.7 | 548 | 73.4 | |
Rural | 301 | 33.0 | 440 | 32.8 | 346 | 29.3 | 259 | 36.8 | 215 | 26.9 | 277 | 27.3 | 199 | 26.6 | |