Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of women born 1973–78, 1946–51 and 1921–26 at Survey 1 to Survey 6.

	Survey (%)
	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6
Post-Year 12 educational qualifications
1973–78 cohort 1946–51 cohort 1921–26 cohort	32.6 40.3 20.3	73.4 - -	78.6 - -	81.1 - -	84.8 - -	84.7 45.2 -
Difficult to manage on income
1973–78 cohort 1946–51 cohort 1921–26 cohort	44.9 37.4 22.6	45.2 38.4 21.9	35.1 33.9 21.9	36.8 25.1 18.0	36.3 21.5 15.5	42.0 33.3 13.7
Urban living
1973–78 cohort 1946–51 cohort 1921–26 cohort	68.4 71.3 67.8	66.4 70.5 66.0	68.2 69.7 68.3	67.8 68.1 68.1	66.4 67.0 67.7	67.1 66.1 68.0
Married/partnered
1973–78 cohort 1946–51 cohort 1921–26 cohort	18.7 94.5 35.0	44.2 93.6 42.1	64.20 93.8 49.2	77.2 93.4 38.2	83.3 92.4 30.3	86.2 90.9 22.5