TABLE 1.

Demographic, objective and subjective socioeconomic status characteristics of the general and intellectual disability populations

		General population n‐2350		Intellectual disability—Self report n‐85		Intellectual disability—Proxy report n‐132		F‐statistic	p
		57.65 (16.3)		39.2 (12.3)		47.9 (17.0)		72.38	<.001
Age (Mean, SD)		n	%	n	%	n	%	χ 2	p
Sex	Male	941	40.3	51	60.0	71	53.8	21.53	<.001
	Female	1394	59.7	34	40.0	61	46.2
Degree of intellectual disability	Mild/moderate	–	–	84	98.8	80	60.6	3050.98	<.001
	Severe/profound	–	–	1	1.2	52	39.4
Education	No formal education	498	21.5	67	78.8	127	96.2	468.29	<.001
	Formal education	1817	78.5	18	21.2	5	3.8
Occupation	Employed	1371	94.4	31	43.7	12	10.8	732.16	<.001
	Unemployed	82	5.6	40	56.3	99	89.2
Income	Under £15,000	476	22.0	65	82.3	122	94.6	438.46	<.001
	Above £15,000	1689	78.0	14	17.7	7	5.4
		n	Median (IRQ)	n	Median (IRQ)	n	Median (IRQ)	χ 2	p
SSS Ladder Median (IRQ)		2350	6 (4,7)	82	4 (2,6)	131	3 (2,5)	110.51	<.001

Note: Bold value indicates statistical significance.