Table 1

Sample distribution by sociodemographic variables. Men and women aged over 14 years. Barcelona, 1992

Sociodemographic variables Men
Number (%)
Women
Number (%)
Social class
 I—Managerial, senior technical staff, free professionals.257 (13.2)167 (7.5)
 II—Intermediate occupations and manager in commerce.274 (14.1)319 (14.3)
 III—Skilled non manual workers.457 (23.5)506 (22.7)
 IVa—Skilled manual workers.522 (26.9)649 (29.1)
 IVb—Partly skilled manual workers.205 (10.6)199 (8.9)
 V—Unskilled manual workers.64 (3.3)189 (8.5)
 Missing data164 (8.4)200 (8.9)
Age group
 15–24372 (19.2)378 (17.0)
 25–44656 (33.8)671 (30.1)
 45–64554 (28.5)701 (31.4)
 ⩾65359 (18.5)479 (21.5)
Family structure
 Live alone or alone with children163 (8.4)417 (18.7)
 Couple, or couple and others1202 (61.9)1251 (56.1)
 Parents or parents and others478 (24.6)390 (17.5)
 Persons over 60 with children, or children and grandchildren7 (0.3)33 (1.5)
 Others92 (4.8)137 (6.2)
Employment status
 Worker1070 (55.0)621 (27.8)
 Housewife902 (40.4)
 Unemployed152 (7.8)125 (5.6)
 Student233 (12.0)249 (11.2)
 Retired433 (22.3)311 (14.0)
 Others52 (2.7)20 (0.9)
 Missing data2 (0.1)2 (0.1)
Total1942 (100)2229 (100)