Table 1.
MRC-CFAS Cambridge 65–69 years cohorts 1991/2 and 1996/7: Sociodemography
| 1991/92 n (%) | 1996/97 n (%) | |
| Total | 689 (100) | 687 (100) |
| Gender | ||
| Males | 343 (49.8) | 325 (47.3) |
| Females | 346 (50.2) | 362 (52.7) |
| Age | ||
| 64 | 17 (2.5) | 26 (3.8) |
| 65 | 137 (19.9) | 140 (20.4) |
| 66 | 150 (21.8) | 131 (19.1) |
| 67 | 133 (19.3) | 131 (19.1) |
| 68 | 139 (20.2) | 145 (21.1) |
| 69 | 101 (14.7) | 111 (16.2) |
| 70 | 12 (1.7) | 3 (0.4) |
| Living status | ||
| Alone | 155 (22.5) | 138 (20.1) |
| With spouse | 475 (68.9) | 495 (72.1) |
| With others | 55 (8.0) | 51 (7.4) |
| Institution | 4 (0.6) | 3 (0.4) |
| Marital status | ||
| Married/cohabiting | 495 (71.8) | 522 (76.0) |
| Single | 44 (6.4) | 42 (6.1) |
| Widowed | 122 (17.7) | 96 (14.0) |
| Divorced/separated | 28 (4.1) | 27 (3.9) |
| Education | ||
| 12+ years | 72 (10.5) | 104 (15.2) |
| 10 – 11 years | 151 (22.0) | 123 (18.0) |
| 0 – 9 years | 465 (67.6) | 457 (66.8) |
| Social class | ||
| I & II | 244 (35.4) | 204 (27.7) |
| III | 285 (41.4) | 302 (44.0) |
| IV & V | 145 (21.0) | 166 (24.2) |
| Armed forces/missing | 15 (2.2) | 14 (2.0) |
| Smoking status | ||
| Never smoker | 189 (27.5) | 241 (35.1) |
| Ex smoker | 333 (48.4) | 325 (47.3) |
| Current smoker | 166 (24.1) | 121 (17.6) |
*I & II: Professional & managerial or technical; III: Manual & non-manual; IV & V: Partly & unskilled