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Table 1 Sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the latent classes of intersectional social status

From: Barrier or stressor? The role of discrimination experiences in health service use

 

Indicators of intersectional social status

Class 1 (n = 100)

Class 2 ( n = 107)

Class 3 (n=106)

Class 4 (n=153)

Class 5 (n=100)

Class 6 (n=181)

Class 7 (n=305)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

Ethnicity

 White British

0

103(97.2)

42(39.8)

74(46.5)

52(52.0)

0

265(86.0)

 Black Caribbean

21(20.8)

0

8(7.9)

37(25.4)

8(8.5)

0

11(3.6)

 Black African

30(29.8)

0

27(26.0)

9(5.5)

6(6.4)

62(33.8)

1(0.5)

 White Other

24(24.3)

0

8(6.6)

11(7.7)

19(18.3)

71(38.0)

14(4.6)

 Non-White Other

17(16.6)

0

12(10.9)

11(6.7)

13(12.7)

39(22.5)

6(2.3)

 Mixed

8(8.5)

3(2.8)

9(8.8)

11(8.2)

2(2.1)

9(5.7)

8(3.0)

Migrant status

 Born in the UK

25(28.0)

107(100)

79(76.8)

110(74.9)

52(54.7)

10(6.8)

285(95.1)

 Migrant (0-10)

11(12.1)

0

17(14.4)

6(4.3)

9(10.1)

81(47.3)

2(0.6)

 Migrant (11-20)

27(28.5)

0

8(8.2)

16(11.1)

4(4.4)

52(28.6)

3(1.0)

 Migrant (21+)

37(31.5)

0

1(0.7)

17(9.7)

31(30.8)

37(17.2)

10(3.3)

Educational attainment

 No qualifications/GCSE

47(45.0)

88(80.7)

13(12.1)

75(47.9)

19(17.6)

12(6.8)

6(1.8)

 A Level

35(36.9)

17(17.4)

55(52.3)

65(43.4)

13(12.7)

45(24.4)

32(11.1)

 Degree or above

18(18.1)

2(1.9)

38(35.6)

13(8.7)

68(69.7)

124(68.8)

267(87.1)

Social occupational class

 Class I

0

0

0

1(0.7)

0

23(13.3)

59(19.4)

 Class II

0

0

0

23(14.6)

0

86(47.2)

197(64.4)

 Class IIINM

0

0

0

44(27.8)

0

29(16.9)

30(10.2)

 Class IIIM

0

0

0

27(18.7)

0

9(5.1)

16(4.9)

 Class IV

0

0

0

46(30.3)

0

26(14.0)

3(1.0)

 Class V

0

0

0

12(8.0)

0

7(3.5)

0

 No SOC assigned

100(100)

107(100)

106(100)

0

100(100)

0

0

Employment status

 Full/part-time employed

0

0

0

153(100)

0

180(100)

305(100)

 Student

6(8.0)

0

78(76.0)

0

0

0

0

 Unemployed

25(29.1)

27(28.8)

28(24.0)

0

16(16.6)

0

0

 Temporary sick/disabled

19(19.0)

18(19.2)

0

0

4(5.0)

0

0

 Retired

30(24.2)

56(45.8)

0

0

53(50.2)

0

0

 Looking after children

20(19.7)

6(6.2)

0

0

27(28.2)

0

0

Household income

 £0 - £12,096

59(68.6)

53(56.8)

14(17.0)

25(16.6)

11(11.7)

11(6.3)

3(0.8)

 £12,097-£31,494

22(23.2)

41(43.2)

14(17.5)

71(51.1)

25(29.1)

38(21.5)

29(9.6)

 £31495+

7(8.2)

0

49(65.5)

43(32.3)

49(59.2)

122(72.2)

261(89.6)

Any debt

       

 No

61(57.5)

86(76.7)

88(83.4)

104(69.1)

99(99.0)

164(90.3)

289(94.3)

 Yes

39(42.5)

21(23.3)

18(16.6)

49(30.9)

1(1.0)

17(9.7)

16(5.7)

Any benefits

 No

20(16.4)

39(31.6)

87(83.8)

108(72.1)

87(86.5)

162(89.6)

294(96.6)

 Yes

80(83.6)

68(68.4)

19(16.2)

45(27.9)

13(13.5)

19(10.4)

11(3.4)

Tenure

 Own outright/ mortgage

0

3(2.9)

31(30.7)

27(16.3)

88(89.4)

57(29.3)

199(66.4)

 Private rented

18(19.9)

10(8.8)

32(29.9)

16(11.6)

5(6.2)

73(45.3)

68(26.9)

 Social housing

79(80.1)

93(87.6)

17(15.2)

101(66.7)

4(4.4)

39(21.3)

15(4.6)

 Other

0

1(0.8)

24(24.2)

7(5.4)

0

7(4.1)

6(2.1)

Moved in past 2 years

 Not moved or moved once

89(89.6)

106(98.8)

88(85.2)

145(94.6)

97(100)

157(85.7)

262(90.4)

 Moved twice or more

9(10.4)

1(1.2)

16(14.8)

7(5.4)

0

20(14.3)

26(9.6)

Gender

 Male

32(35.5)

44(45.8)

48(52.3)

60(45.5)

32(35.2)

77(48.6)

144(53.6)

 Female

68(64.5)

63(54.2)

58(47.7)

93(54.5)

68(64.8)

104(51.4)

161(46.4)

Age

 16-34

28(34.1)

13(16.6)

93(91.1)

52(44.0)

15(18.3)

67(44.3)

105(41.5)

 35-54

35(35.5)

23(23.8)

13(8.9)

70(40.9)

22(22.2)

88(44.7)

155(47.5)

 55+

37(30.4)

71(60.0)

0

31(15.1)

63(59.5)

26(11.0)

45(11.0)

  1. Latent classes; (1) ‘Migrant, mixed ethnicity, low SES’ (n=100), (2) ‘White British, low SES’ (n=107), (3) ‘Non migrant, mixed ethnicity, student’ (n=106), (4) ‘Non migrant, mixed ethnicity, skilled’ (n=153), (5) ‘Mixed migration status, mixed ethnicity, economically inactive’ (n=100), (6) ‘Migrant, mixed ethnicity, high SES’ (n=181) and (7) ‘White British, high SES’ (n=305)