Economic activity trajectory cluster | ||||||
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1 Full-time workers | 2 Family carers | 3 Full-time returners | 4 Part-time returners | 5 Atypical/inactive | Total | |
Per cent of sample | 23.4 | 20.4 | 23.4 | 24.6 | 8.3 | 100 |
Per cent with fair/poor SRH | 41.1 | 40.6 | 32.7 | 34.9 | 50.5 | 38.3 |
Mean age at interview | 76.0 | 76.8 | 73.5 | 74.1 | 75.2 | 75.0 |
Per cent with fair/poor SRH in childhood | 15.5 | 14.3 | 11.4 | 13.1 | 19.0 | 14.0 |
Periods of adult ill health (%) | ||||||
None | 59.6 | 61.7 | 63.3 | 61.8 | 49.3 | 60.6 |
One or two | 33.0 | 32.1 | 29.9 | 32.2 | 38.2 | 32.3 |
Three or more | 7.4 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 12.5 | 7.1 |
Mean multiple role index score | 83.9 | 78.9 | 98.1 | 97.5 | 82.1 | 89.7 |
Mean age left education | 20.0 | 15.4 | 16.9 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 17.0 |
Mean years of life in employment | ||||||
Total | 36.0 | 9.4 | 30.5 | 28.9 | 16.8 | 26.0 |
Full-time | 33.1 | 7.8 | 25.3 | 8.1 | 11.6 | 18.2 |
Part-time | 2.9 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 20.8 | 5.2 | 7.8 |
Mean age at retirement | 58.7 | 62.0 | 60.0 | 58.8 | 49.4 | 58.8 |
Mean age at first marriage | 25.8 | 23.3 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 23.2 |
Mean number of partners | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Mean age at first birth | 26.9 | 25.8 | 24.3 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 25.3 |
Mean age at last birth | 31.6 | 32.0 | 29.6 | 30.7 | 30.5 | 30.8 |
Mean number of children | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
Per cent in NSSEC group | ||||||
1. Higher managerial/professional | 32.9 | 13.1 | 25.6 | 12.4 | 14.9 | 20.6 |
2. Intermediate | 29.5 | 28.3 | 29.9 | 23.8 | 31.6 | 28.1 |
3. Routine/manual | 34.6 | 48.8 | 43.9 | 62.0 | 47.3 | 47.5 |
4. Long-term unemployed | 3.0 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 3.8 |
Current partner*—per cent in NSSEC group | ||||||
1. Higher managerial/professional | 42.9 | 39.1 | 36.1 | 38.1 | 38.2 | 38.7 |
2. Intermediate | 21.3 | 19.5 | 22.6 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 20.5 |
3. Routine/manual | 35.8 | 39.1 | 40.8 | 42.0 | 43.9 | 40.1 |
4. Long-term unemployed | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Descriptives refer to characteristics measured for ages 0–60 (employment, 16–60).
*Partner characteristics only available for respondents who have a co-resident partner at wave 3 who also provides a valid interview response (n=923).
NSSEC, National Statistics Socioeconomic Classification; SRH: self-rated health.