Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of the variables used

	N	Mean	SD
Analytical sample size	38,515
Separation/divorce	6927	0.18	0.38
Family status at age 16
Intact	31,959	0.16	0.37
Non-intact	3624	0.29	0.45
One or both parents died/other	2932	0.23	0.42
Parents’ class
Low-skilled working class	9747	0.25	0.43
Skilled working class	9895	0.26	0.44
Lower-middle class	8324	0.22	0.41
Upper-middle class	7336	0.19	0.39
Missing	3213	0.08	0.28
Average ISEI of parents (Non standardized)		29.30	18.61
Parents’ education
No schooling/no qualification	10,618	0.28	0.40
Left with some qualification	5670	0.15	0.35
Some qualification	6443	0.17	0.37
Degree	2414	0.06	0.24
Gender
Male	18,079	0.47	0.50
Female	20,436	0.53	0.50
Ethnicity
British/Irish	31,586	0.82	0.38
European/other white	1171	0.03	0.17
Mixed: white & other	400	0.01	0.10
Indian	1425	0.04	0.19
Pakistani	916	0.02	0.15
Bangladeshi	651	0.02	0.13
Other Asian/Asian British	599	0.02	0.12
Black/African/Caribbean/black British	1290	0.03	0.18
No information	115	0	0.05
Cohort
Silent Generation: 1928–1945	7999	21.05
Baby Boomers: 1946–1964	15,768	41.50
Generation X: 1965–1979	14,224	37.44