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Table 2 Proportions of Respondents in each Cohort (1970s, 1950s and 1930s) in each of the eight possible SEP Trajectories, and the mean allostatic load scores (Standard Error)

From: Socioeconomic position across the lifecourse & allostatic load: data from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 cohort study

 

Cohort

SEP

1970s

1950s

1930s

SEP1

SEP2

SEP3

N (%)

Mean allostatic load (SE)

N (%)

Mean allostatic load (SE)

N (%)

Mean allostatic load (SE)

0

0

0

13 (2%)

3.5 (0.5)

87 (11%)

2.7 (0.2)

114 (24%)

2.3 (0.2)

1

0

0

3 (1%)

4.3 (2.1)

12 (1%)

3.5 (1.0)

10 (2%)

2.2 (0.4)

0

1

0

72 (9%)

2.9 (0.2)

81 (10%)

2.4 (1.9)

30 (6%)

2.2 (0.3)

0

0

1

13 (2%)

3.3 (0.7)

61 (7%)

2.8 (0.3)

85 (18%)

2.6 (0.5)

1

1

0

28 (4%)

2.2 (0.3)

16 (2%)

2.8 (0.5)

8 (2%)

2.7 (0.7)

1

0

1

4 (1%)

2.6 (0.6)

13 (2%)

2.2 (0.3)

21 (4%)

2.2 (0.3)

0

1

1

306 (41%)

2.5 (0.2)

312 (38%)

2.1 (0.1)

132 (27%)

2.3 (0.1)

1

1

1

301 (40%)

2.0 (0.1)

235 (29%)

1.9 (0.1)

83 (17%)

2.2 (0.2)

   

740 (100%)

2.4 (0.1)

817 (100%)

2.3 (0.1)

483 (100%)

2.3 (0.1)

  1. Where, SEP1 = childhood SEP; SEP2 = SEP during the transition from childhood to adulthood; SEP3 = adulthood SEP.