Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by ethnic group and generation (weighted % given; SE = standard error)

Generation	Black Caribbean		Indian		Pakistani		Bangladeshi		Chinese		Irish
Generation	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	White
Mean age (SE)	42.5 (0.51)	35.3 (0.22)	38.7 (0.27)	32.7 (0.28)	35.7 (0.29)	26.5 (0.26)	32.7 (0.25)	23.7 (0.24)	34.5 (0.36)	25.6 (0.40)	55.8 (0.59)	44.3 (0.36)	36.8 (0.08)
Sex (wt%)
Female	65.0	59.9	56.9	53.8	54.1	54.0	53.2	55.1	58.9	46.1	56.1	57.1	52.4
Total unweighted n	333	1139	858	722	851	1007	784	765	487	402	776	1510	18 407
Social class (wt%)
i and ii	29.8	35.1	35.2	44.9	17.6	27.2	12.1	22.3	39.8	39.3	32.7	36.7	33.6
iii Non-manual/manual	42.6	46.0	32.7	40.6	45.2	51.5	51.7	49.5	37.6	46.3	37.4	41.2	43.1
iv and v	27.4	18.9	32.1	14.5	37.1	21.3	36.1	28.2	22.6	14.4	29.9	22.1	23.4
Total unweighted n	311	1076	783	656	482	670	418	426	408	319	754	1467	17 728
Education (wt%)
NVQ4/NVQ5/degree	13.0	20.2	35.6	36.4	14.8	16.9	9.9	12.4	35.5	26.4	14.8	18.2	17.7
Higher educ. <degree	18.8	18.4	7.2	11.6	3.8	9.1	2.5	6.0	8.5	8.7	12.0	13.3	11.8
NVQ3/GCE A level	8.5	16.7	8.0	17.8	7.4	17.1	6.1	22.8	12.9	30.0	8.7	11.6	14.9
NVQ2/GCE O level	23.8	27.5	15.4	19.4	11.1	25.0	12.8	31.4	10.4	25.2	10.7	25.2	30.0
NVQ1/CSE other grade Equiv.	4.2	3.5	1.7	4.4	1.3	8.5	2.4	5.5	3.1	1.9	3.2	0.5	5.7
Foreign/other	4.0	0.8	3.4	0.7	3.9	0.7	2.2	0.3	2.5	0.5	4.3	0.2	2.6
No qualification	27.9	12.8	28.4	9.7	57.8	22.8	64.2	21.6	27.1	7.2	46.3	30.6	17.3
Total unweighted n	332	1124	856	711	851	996	784	752	486	398	776	1504	18 380
Equivalised income (quintiles)
1 (low)	25.5	22.8	17.7	15.0	35.2	29.8	51.5	43.3	15.1	13.3	16.6	13.5	12.7
2	17.6	13.3	18.2	12.2	22.0	19.8	18.1	13.8	16.8	16.2	17.1	14.7	14.4
3	17.9	13.2	14.2	16.4	9.7	9.1	4.3	3.9	13.8	8.3	15.3	16.3	18.2
4	12.4	17.7	13.2	14.9	4.3	5.3	2.0	4.5	10.7	9.7	13.6	20.0	22.3
5 (high)	9.2	17.0	14.6	16.8	5.1	6.6	0.5	1.9	15.3	18.3	19.8	23.0	21.4
Total unweighted n	275	956	685	567	646	709	605	523	354	266	648	1307	18 407