Distribution of parental social class of live singleton births, Scotland 1980–2000
| Social class | 1980–84 | 1985–1989 | 1990–1994 | 1995–2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 304627 | N = 289479 | N = 283032 | N = 281001 | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| I | 21451 | 7.0 | 20188 | 7.0 | 18880 | 6.7 | 19375 | 6.9 |
| II | 50787 | 16.7 | 49075 | 17.0 | 53620 | 18.9 | 60073 | 21.4 |
| IIInm | 39219 | 12.9 | 44408 | 15.3 | 38129 | 13.5 | 42689 | 15.2 |
| IIIm | 103893 | 34.1 | 85000 | 29.4 | 65853 | 23.3 | 59702 | 21.3 |
| IV | 48551 | 15.9 | 52703 | 18.2 | 52075 | 18.4 | 42804 | 15.2 |
| V | 28846 | 9.5 | 20431 | 7.1 | 24673 | 8.7 | 14763 | 5.3 |
| Undetermined | 11880 | 3.9 | 17674 | 6.1 | 29802 | 10.5 | 41595 | 14.8 |