Table 1 Distribution of SEP indicators, demographic characteristics and other covariates used in the analysis
| Â | f | % |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â |
Male | 3949 | 45.0 |
Female | 4831 | 55.0 |
missing | 0 | 0 |
Net Financial Wealth | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â |
Married | 4816 | 54.9 |
Others | 3963 | 45.1 |
missing | 1 | 0.01 |
Education | Â | Â |
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 | Â | Â |
Owners | 7168 | 81.6 |
Others | 1595 | 18.2 |
missing | 17 | 0.2 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â |
White | 8574 | 97.7 |
Not white | 202 | 2.3 |
Missing | 4 | 0 |
Current situation | Â | Â |
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 |
| Â | 66.50 | 9.63 |