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. 2016 May;208(5):453–461. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.158832

Table 2.

Socioeconomic characteristics of participants included for 1-year follow-upa

n (%)
Ethnicity (language of enrolment)
White British
(English)
(n = 3546)
Pakistani
(English)
(n = 2602)
Other
(English)
(n = 1209)
Any ethnicity
(Not English)
(n = 1634)
Total
(n = 8991)
Mother's educationb
    ⩾A-level equivalent 644 (18.2) 711 (27.4) 484 (40.3) 361 (22.2) 2200 (24.5)
    A-level equivalent 614 (17.3) 498 (19.2) 172 (14.3) 36 (2.2) 1320 (14.7)
    5 GCSE equivalent 1229 (34.7) 832 (32.0) 256 (21.3) 483 (29.7) 2800 (31.1)
    <5 GCSE equivalent 699 (19.7) 406 (15.6) 135 (11.2) 706 (43.4) 1946 (21.7)
    Other education qualification 319 (9.0) 124 (4.8) 138 (11.5) 17 (1.0) 598 (6.7)
    Unknown qualification 37 (1.0) 27 (1.0) 20 (1.4) 24 (1.5) 105 (1.2)
    Missing 4 (0.1) 4 (0.2) 7 (0.6) 7 (0.4) 22 (0.2)

Mother's employment status
    Currently employed 2321 (65.5) 922 (35.5) 713 (59.1) 81 (5.0) 4037 (45.0)
    Previously employed 933 (26.3) 1010 (38.9) 307 (25.5) 258 (15.8) 2508 (27.9)
    Never employed 290 (8.2) 665 (25.6) 186 (15.4) 1292 (79.2) 2433 (27.1)
    Missing 2 (0.1) 5 (0.2) 3 (0.3) 3 (0.2) 13 (0.1)

Index of Multiple deprivation quintile compared with national
rank (2010) for pregnancy address
    Most deprived 1806 (50.9) 1976 (75.9) 810 (67.0) 1381 (84.5) 5975 (66.5)
    2 766 (21.6) 419 (16.1) 246 (20.4) 185 (11.3) 1616 (18.0)
    3 637 (18.0) 182 (7.0) 122 (10.1) 62 (3.8) 1003 (11.2)
    4 217 (6.1) 15 (0.6) 18 (1.5) 5 (0.3) 255 (2.8)
    Least deprived 120 (3.4) 10 (0.4) 13 (1.1) 1 (0.1) 144 (1.6)

In receipt of means tested benefits
    No 2227 (63.0) 1366 (52.6) 851 (70.5) 927 (56.9) 5371 (59.9)
    Yes 1306 (37.0) 1230 (47.4) 356 (29.5) 701 (43.1) 3593 (40.1)
    Missing 13 (0.4) 6 (0.2) 2 (0.2) 6 (0.4) 27 (0.3)
a.

See online Table DS2 for a version of this table that includes a wider range of characteristics. Proportions presented in categories are the proportion of observed (non-missing) data, missing is the proportion of data missing overall.

b.

GCSEs are qualifications obtained at the end of compulsory education at age 16, A-levels are qualifications achieved after successful completion of a further 2 years' full-time school after compulsory education ends at age 16.