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Table 1 Distribution of SEP indicators, demographic characteristics and other covariates used in the analysis
| f | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 3949 | 45.0 |
| Female | 4831 | 55.0 |
| missing | 0 | 0 |
| Net Financial Wealth | ||
| Wealth 1st fifth (highest) | 1713 | 19.5 |
| Wealth 2nd fifth | 1736 | 19.8 |
| Wealth 3d fifth | 1727 | 19.7 |
| Wealth 4th fifth | 1751 | 19.9 |
| Wealth 5th fifth (lowest) | 1724 | 19.6 |
| missing | 129 | 1.5 |
| Social Class | ||
| Managerial and professional | 2415 | 27.5 |
| Intermediate | 1533 | 17.5 |
| Small employees and own account workers | 859 | 9.8 |
| Lower supervisory and technical workers | 968 | 11.0 |
| Workers in semi-routine occupations | 2736 | 31.2 |
| missing | 269 | 3.1 |
| Net Household Income | ||
| Income 1st fifth (highest) | 1643 | 18.7 |
| Income 2nd fifth | 1697 | 19.3 |
| Income 3d fifth | 1739 | 19.8 |
| Income 4th fifth | 1785 | 20.3 |
| Income 5th fifth (lowest) | 1916 | 21.8 |
| missing | 0 | 0 |
| Marital Status | ||
| Married | 4816 | 54.9 |
| Others | 3963 | 45.1 |
| missing | 1 | 0.01 |
| Education | ||
| Degree/Higher education | 2093 | 23.8 |
| A level | 575 | 6.5 |
| O level/CSE grade | 1870 | 21.3 |
| Foreign/other | 764 | 8.7 |
| No qualifications | 3468 | 39.5 |
| missing | 10 | 0.1 |
| Housing Tenure | ||
| Owners | 7168 | 81.6 |
| Others | 1595 | 18.2 |
| missing | 17 | 0.2 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White | 8574 | 97.7 |
| Not white | 202 | 2.3 |
| Missing | 4 | 0 |
| Current situation | ||
| Retired | 4728 | 53.8 |
| Not retired | 4802 | 55.5 |
| missing | 74 | 0.7 |
| Cognitive Ability (N = 8687) | Mean | Std Deviation |
| Age (N = 8687) | -0.042 | 0.836 |
| 66.50 | 9.63 |
