Table 1

Distribution of gender and socioeconomic status, assigned according to parents' occupational position (number of cases and row percentages)

Unskilled/ semi-skilledSkilled manualsSkilled non-manualsIntermediates/professionalsUnclassifiedTotal
Male11787/46.1%5675/22.2%1490/5.8%205/0.8%6427/25.1%25584/100%
Female10112/44.3%5085/22.3%1415/6.2%207/0.9%6009/26.3%22828/100%
Total218991076029054121243648412