Table 2 Mosaic types with the highest and lowest smoking prevalence[12]
Mosaic Type | Description | Smoking Prevalence (%) |
|---|---|---|
G41 Families on Benefits | Families, many single parent, in deprived social housing on the edge of regional centres | 42.7 |
F40 Sharing a Staircase | Older tenements of small private flats often occupied by highly disadvantaged individuals | 42.6 |
F38 Tower Block Living | Singles, childless couples and older people living in high rise social housing | 39.6 |
F37 Upper Floor Families | Young families living in upper floors of social housing | 39.5 |
G42 Low Horizons | Families with school age children, living in very large social housing estates on the outskirts of provincial cities | 37.9 |
F39 Dignified Dependency | Older people living in crowded apartments in high density social housing | 36.3 |
H47 New Town Materialism | Social housing, typically in 'new towns', with good job opportunities for the poorly qualified | 34.4 |
G43 Ex-industrial Legacy | Older people, many in poor health from work in heavy industry, in low rise social housing | 32.8 |
F35 Bedsit Beneficiaries | Young people renting hard to let social housing often in disadvantaged inner city locations | 32.1 |
D24 Coronation Street | Low income families living in cramped Victorian terraced housing in inner-city locations | 31.8 |
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C15 Close to Retirement | Senior white-collar workers many on the verge of a financially secure retirement | 13.1 |
A07 Semi-Rural Seclusion | Well-paid executives living in individually designed homes in rural environments | 12.6 |
A06 High Technologists | Successful, high earning couples with new jobs in areas of growing high tech employment | 12.0 |
B10 Upscale New Owners | Financially better-off families living in relatively spacious modern private estates | 11.9 |
J51 Sepia Memories | Very elderly people, many financially secure, living in privately owned retirement flats | 11.7 |
A05 Provincial Privilege | Senior professionals and managers living in the suburbs of major regional centres | 11.1 |
J53 High Spending Elderly | Financially secure and physically active older people, many retired to semi-rural locations | 10.8 |
A02 Cultural Leadership | Highly educated senior professionals, many working in the media, politics and law | 10.7 |
A03 Corporate Chieftains | Successful managers living in very large houses in outer suburban locations | 9.1 |
A04 Golden Empty Nesters | Financially secure couples, many close to retirement, living in sought-after suburbs | 8.6 |