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Table 6 Description of latent classes from 4 class model solution for White British women

From: Using latent class analysis to develop a model of the relationship between socioeconomic position and ethnicity: cross-sectional analyses from a multi-ethnic birth cohort study

Class

Size of class (n†)

Description

"Employed, educated, not materially deprived"

44% (n = 2038)

Women currently employed

Father non-manual employment

Women and fathers highly educated

Up to date with bills

Mortgage

Not subjectively poor

Not receiving means tested benefits

Not materially deprived

"Employed, moderate education, materially deprived"

14% (n = 614)

Women currently employed

Father manual and non-manual employment

Women and fathers medium levels of education

Moderate behind with bills

Mortgage and private renting

Moderate subjective poverty

Moderate receipt of means tested benefits

Material deprived - can’t afford holidays, money to replace good and savings

"Low education, benefits not materially deprived"

23% (n = 992)

Women moderate current employment

Father manual and non-manual employment

Women and fathers low levels of education, fathers education high don’t know response

Moderate behind with bills

Private renting and social housing

Not subjectively poor

High receipt of means tested benefits

Not materially deprived

"Low education, benefits, subjectively poor and materially deprived"

18% (n = 836)

Women low current employment

Father manual employment and unemployed

Women and fathers low levels of education, fathers education high don’t know response

Behind with bills

Private renting and social housing

Subjectively poor

High receipt of means tested benefits

Materially deprived

  1. † n based on most likely class membership.