Descriptive statistics and definitions of socioeconomic position indicators for people aged 65 years and older, Health Survey for England, 1992 and 2007 (per cent)
| 1992 | 2007 | p for χ2 test of difference | |
| Number of observations | 1542 | 1622 | |
| Age, years | 0.0216 | ||
| 65–69 | 30.9 | 31.8 | |
| 70–74 | 28.7 | 24.6 | |
| 75–79 | 20.6 | 20.2 | |
| 80–84 | 12.5 | 13.4 | |
| 85+ | 7.5 | 10.0 | |
| Sex | 0.2790 | ||
| Male | 42.5 | 44.5 | |
| Female | 57.5 | 55.5 | |
| Education | <0.0001 | ||
| High: degree, higher education/no degree, A level equivalent | 9.3 | 19.1 | |
| Medium: O level equivalent, other grade equivalent, foreign, other | 21.9 | 22.6 | |
| Low: no qualification, fulltime student, education missing | 68.8 | 58.4 | |
| Social class | <0.0001 | ||
| I and II: professional, managerial, technical | 27.8 | 34.3 | |
| IIINM: skilled non-manual | 15.2 | 18.8 | |
| IIIM: skilled manual | 30.8 | 22.6 | |
| IV and V: semiskilled and unskilled manual | 23.5 | 21.0 | |
| Other or missing | 2.6 | 3.3 |