Descriptive information by quartiles of neighbourhood unemployment
| Neighbourhood unemployment (quartiles) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (least unemployment) | 2 | 3 | 4 (most unemployment) | |
| *Quartiles are derived from census based data. †Definitions of lowest education: ARIC: less than high school, GLOBE: primary school Whitehall II: no academic qualifications, Helsinki: up to nine years of education, Turin: primary, Madrid: primary education and lower. ‡Highest categories are presented because they are more comparable between countries than the lowest occupational categories. Definitions are: ARIC: executive, managerial and professional, GLOBE: higher grade professionals, Whitehall II: higher (executives, top managers), Helsinki: upper white collar, Turin: higher grade white collar, Madrid: higher grade professionals. | ||||
| Cut points (%)* | ||||
| ARIC | <1.9 | 1.9 to 3.5 | 3.5 to 5.4 | >5.4 |
| GLOBE | <4.8 | 4.8 to 7.7 | 7.8 to 9.7 | >9.7 |
| Whitehall II | <3.9 | 3.9 to 5.1 | 5.2 to 7.6 | >7.6 |
| Helsinki | <1.02 | 1.02 to 1.30 | 1.31 to 1.63 | >1.63 |
| Turin | <6.2 | 6.2 to 8.2 | 8.3 to 10.2 | >10.2 |
| Madrid | <18.8 | 18.8 to 21.8 | 21.9 to 25.3 | >25.3 |
| Mean age in years (SD) | ||||
| ARIC | 54.4 (5.8) | 54.2 (5.6) | 54.6 (5.7) | 55.2 (5.6) |
| GLOBE | 47.9 (13.9) | 50.1 (14.7) | 48.3 (16.1) | 48.6 (16.2) |
| Whitehall II | 44.6 (6.0) | 44.6 (6.0) | 44.2 (6.0) | 44.5 (6.2) |
| Helsinki | 42.1 (13.6) | 41.8 (14.0) | 41.6 (14.0) | 41.5 (13.7) |
| Turin | 46.5 (13.5) | 45.0 (13.6) | 44.5 (13.7) | 43.9 (13.9) |
| Madrid | 45.5 | 45.1 | 45 | 43.7 |
| Men (%) | ||||
| ARIC regions | 46.9 | 47.0 | 47.5 | 48.7 |
| GLOBE | 49.6 | 46.7 | 49.0 | 49.4 |
| Whitehall II | 81.0 | 72.9 | 67.7 | 51.3 |
| Helsinki | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Turin | 46.5 | 47.8 | 48.4 | 49.4 |
| Madrid | 46.2 | 46.2 | 47.1 | 47.5 |
| Low education (%)† | ||||
| ARIC | 13.3 | 16.9 | 19.8 | 22.8 |
| GLOBE | 11.2 | 24.6 | 22.6 | 30.1 |
| Whitehall II | 4.7 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 11.5 |
| Helsinki | 28.4 | 33.5 | 36.3 | 41.0 |
| Turin | 19.8 | 28.5 | 33.2 | 40.2 |
| Madrid | 19.1 | 30.0 | 40.3 | 51.6 |
| Higher grade professionals‡ | ||||
| ARIC | 32.6 | 29.1 | 24.0 | 20.6 |
| GLOBE | 14.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| Whitehall II | 42.4 | 36.7 | 27.0 | 16.0 |
| Helsinki | 37.3 | 29.2 | 25.0 | 19.8 |
| Turin | 4.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
| Madrid | 39.8 | 26.7 | 16.3 | 8.9 |