. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 25.

Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2011 May;48(2):625–651. doi: 10.1007/s13524-011-0024-5

Table 5.

Cross-classification of longitudinal analysis sample (N = 13,432) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health into intergenerational SES groups defined using a latent class analysis versus a social mobility framework

	Social Mobility Groups^a

LCA Groups	Stable Low (n = 3,741) %	Upwardly Mobile (n = 2,630) %	Downwardly Mobile (n = 2,739) %	Stable High (n = 4,323) %	Total (N = 13,432) %
Persistent Disadvantage	40.5	17.3	10.2	2.0	18.2
Disadvantaged Fast Starters	25.9	23.1	8.8	4.6	15.3
Material Advantage	22.7	34.6	32.8	26.7	28.2
Educational Advantage	8.6	19.3	13.5	15.5	13.7
Highest Advantage	2.2	5.7	34.8	51.2	24.6
Total	100	100	100	100	100

Notes: LCA = latent class analysis. See the text for details on the definition of these groups.

Social mobility groups were defined using the average standardized income and education at Wave I (parental) and Wave III (young adult). Stable Low = low parental SES to low young adult SES; Upwardly Mobile = low to high; Downwardly Mobile = high to low; and Stable High = high to high.