Table 1

Distribution within social class groups of age at which respondents or their household first had a car

			Age at which you or your household first had a car
	Never had a car		<18 years of age		19–30 years of age		31+ years of age		Mean age (y)
	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	Mean	n
1952 cohort
Social class
I	–	–	9.7	7	81.9	59	8.3	6	23.6	72
II	4.6	11	16.7	40	67.1	161	11.7	28	23.9	229
III non-manual	8.2	7	20.0	17	64.7	55	7.1	6	22.6	78
III manual	11.0	26	12.3	29	58.1	137	18.6	44	25.4	210
IV	18.8	12	3.1	2	50.0	32	28.1	18	28.4	52
V	20.0	4	5.0	1	45.0	9	30.0	6	30.2	16
All 1952 cohort	8.4	60	13.4	96	63.2	453	15.1	108	24.7	657
										p<0.001
1932 cohort
Social class
I	–	–	3.8	2	67.9	36	28.3	15	29.1	53
II	10.9	16	4.8	7	48.3	71	36.1	53	30.4	131
III non-manual	22.7	25	0.9	1	31.8	35	44.5	49	33.6	85
III manual	19.4	47	1.2	3	43.8	106	35.5	86	32.1	195
IV	39.6	44	0.9	1	18.0	20	41.4	46	37.1	67
V	65.1	28	–	–	11.6	5	23.3	10	35.6	15
All 1932 cohort	22.7	160	2.0	14	38.7	273	36.7	259	32.3	546
										p<0.001
All respondents who never had a car	15.5	220	7.7	110	51.0	726	25.8	357	28.2	1203