Table 1 Distribution of family affluence and parental occupation in 28 European and North American countries in 2001–2002 (%)
| Â | Â | Family affluence | Â | Parental occupation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N | High | Medium | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Belgium (Flanders) | 5720 | 43.9 | 21.4 | 34.7 | 31.8 | 42.7 | 25.6 |
Canada | 3696 | 35.9 | 23.5 | 40.6 | 47.9 | 29.7 | 22.5 |
Croatia | 4207 | 41.7 | 20.2 | 38.0 | 19.2 | 31.8 | 49.0 |
Czech Republic | 4803 | 40.8 | 22.2 | 37.0 | 43.1 | 33.2 | 23.7 |
Denmark | 4036 | 29.8 | 42.6 | 27.6 | 25.3 | 25.2 | 49.5 |
Estonia | 3873 | 28.2 | 39.8 | 32.9 | 30.4 | 27.2 | 42.4 |
Finland | 4738 | 24.2 | 42.8 | 33.0 | 34.2 | 41.4 | 24.4 |
France | 7633 | 29.3 | 40.0 | 30.6 | 24.7 | 25.2 | 50.2 |
Germany | 5080 | 28.9 | 39.1 | 32.1 | 20.4 | 40.7 | 38.9 |
Greece | 3720 | 37.0 | 39.1 | 23.8 | 29.5 | 33.2 | 37.3 |
Hungary | 3879 | 29.7 | 36.1 | 34.2 | 34.8 | 45.8 | 19.4 |
Ireland | 2683 | 40.4 | 21.0 | 38.6 | 64.3 | 20.5 | 15.2 |
Israel | 5053 | 43.8 | 17.8 | 38.4 | 40.8 | 34.0 | 25.1 |
Italy | 4212 | 35.7 | 40.1 | 24.2 | 20.6 | 56.1 | 23.3 |
Latvia | 3007 | 33.7 | 34.8 | 31.5 | 33.9 | 25.5 | 40.6 |
Malta | 1817 | 32.8 | 25.8 | 41.4 | 29.2 | 28.1 | 42.7 |
Norway | 4348 | 22.8 | 47.6 | 29.6 | 23.0 | 46.5 | 30.5 |
Poland | 5935 | 28.2 | 37.8 | 34.1 | 20.5 | 31.9 | 47.6 |
Portugal | 2711 | 36.3 | 37.1 | 26.6 | 23.2 | 21.9 | 54.9 |
Russia | 7005 | 26.5 | 39.9 | 33.5 | 25.9 | 45.2 | 29.0 |
Scotland | 3548 | 25.1 | 39.7 | 35.1 | 43.6 | 19.7 | 36.7 |
Slovenia | 3653 | 43.9 | 22.0 | 34.1 | 23.0 | 28.9 | 48.1 |
Spain | 5620 | 41.7 | 20.3 | 38.0 | 27.3 | 18.4 | 54.3 |
Sweden | 3380 | 37.7 | 20.8 | 41.5 | 46.4 | 15.3 | 38.3 |
Switzerland | 4179 | 30.6 | 43.1 | 26.4 | 16.2 | 37.5 | 46.3 |
Ukraine | 3674 | 40.4 | 19.1 | 40.5 | 37.6 | 10.8 | 51.6 |
USA | 4240 | 37.7 | 38.2 | 24.1 | 44.4 | 27.5 | 28.1 |
Wales | 3144 | 26.6 | 43.6 | 29.9 | 44.0 | 18.9 | 37.1 |