Table 1.
Sample Characteristics According to Origin and Destination Social Class Position and Intergenerational Social Class Mobility
| Included (n = 3,987) | Excluded (n = 4,186) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Age (mean, SD) | 61.8 | 8.3 | 65.8 | 10.7 |
| Female | 2,134 | 53.5 | 2,296 | 54.9 |
| Allostatic Load Index (mean, SD) | 0.0 | 1.0 | — | — |
| Childhood health | ||||
| Excellent | 2,249 | 56.4 | 2194 | 52.4 |
| Very good | 1,009 | 25.3 | 1187 | 28.4 |
| Good | 497 | 12.5 | 531 | 12.7 |
| Fair | 172 | 4.3 | 195 | 4.66 |
| Poor | 60 | 1.50 | 77 | 1.84 |
| Origin socioeconomic position | ||||
| Professional/managerial | 871 | 21.9 | 474 | 14.7 |
| Non-manual/skilled manual | 1,738 | 43.6 | 1,298 | 40.3 |
| Semiskilled/unskilled/never worked | 1,378 | 34.6 | 1,452 | 45.0 |
| Destination socioeconomic position | ||||
| Professional/managerial | 1,378 | 34.6 | 818 | 21.8 |
| Non-manual/skilled manual | 1,785 | 44.8 | 1,509 | 40.1 |
| Semiskilled/unskilled/never worked | 824 | 20.7 | 1,434 | 38.1 |
| Social mobility trajectories | ||||
| Downwardly mobile | 716 | 18.0 | 571 | 19.5 |
| Non-mobile | ||||
| Stable professional/managerial | 478 | 12.0 | 197 | 6.7 |
| Stable non-manual/skilled manual | 881 | 22.1 | 545 | 18.7 |
| Stable semiskilled/unskilled/never worked | 417 | 10.5 | 654 | 22.4 |
| Upwardly mobile | 1,495 | 37.5 | 956 | 32.7 |
| Degree of intergenerational social mobility | ||||
| Upwardly mobile 1 position | 84 | 2.1 | 65 | 2.2 |
| Upwardly mobile 2 positions | 632 | 15.9 | 506 | 17.3 |
| Downwardly mobile 1 position | 1,129 | 28.3 | 786 | 26.9 |
| Downwardly mobile 2 positions | 366 | 9.2 | 170 | 5.8 |
Note: SD = standard deviation.