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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013 Nov 20;68(2):151–158. doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-202843

Life-Time Occupational Class Mobility and Working Conditions at Ages 25-34, 35-44, and 45-49 Derived from Retrospective Employment Histories Collected in 2008/9.

Men (N = 5,195) Women (N = 5,557)
N (mean) % (SD) N (mean) % (SD)
Downward occupational class mobility at least once
 25-34 293 5.64 250 4.50
 35-44 174 3.34 194 3.49
 45-49 100 1.92 108 1.95
Changed multiple times between full-time and part-time in a single job
 25-34 79 1.53 417 7.51
 35-44 90 1.74 1,563 28.13
 45-49 117 2.25 1,501 27.01
Always worked part-time
 25-34 107 2.06 1,206 21.71
 35-44 99 1.90 1,547 27.83
 45-49 111 2.14 1,500 26.99
Job loss due to lay-off or plant/office being closed down at least once
 25-34 73 1.40 235 4.23
 35-44 119 2.30 282 5.08
 45-49 145 2.79 271 4.88
Employment gap due to reasons other than lay-off or plant/office being closed down
 25-34 699 13.45 3,017 54.30
 35-44 406 7.81 2,625 47.23
 45-49 428 8.23 2,124 38.23