Table 2.

Annual home visiting rates per person by age and social class

Social class	Age group (years)				All elderly people
	65-74	75-84	⩾85
I (professional)	0.30	1.00	3.62		0.66
II (managerial)	0.44	1.41	2.99		0.92
IIIN (skilled non-manual)	0.51	1.31	3.12		1.02
IIIM (skilled manual)	0.57	1.48	3.26		1.01
IV (semiskilled)	0.67	1.68	3.03		1.18
V (unskilled)	0.72	1.67	3.58		1.38
Other	0.94	2.15	3.47		2.09
Unknown	0.56	1.64	2.40		1.23
All groups	0.57	1.57	3.08		1.16