Table 1

Characteristics of study population according to occupational trajectories

		Proportion of time spent in occupational classes
	Average number of transitions/10-year follow-up	Upper class	Intermediary occupations	Clerk class	Manual workers class	Outside the scope	Total
Men
At the beginning	0	5.5	17.3	17.7	59.5	0	100
25–34	1.0	6.5	17.0	12.4	49.3	14.8	100
35–44	0.9	9.6	17.8	7.4	38.4	26.8	100
45–54	0.6	12.9	17.9	5.8	31.8	31.6	100
55–56	0.6	15.5	18.5	5.2	28.4	32.4	100
All ages	0.9	8.8	17.4	9.4	42.1	22.3	100
Women
At the beginning	0	4.2	19.4	53.5	22.9	0	100
25–34	0.8	4.3	17.0	41.0	16.0	21.7	100
35–44	0.8	4.5	15.8	30.9	12.3	36.5	100
45–54	0.6	5.5	16.6	28.1	11.4	38.4	100
55–56	0.6	7.0	17.8	25.4	9.7	40.1	100
All ages	0.8	4.6	16.5	35.0	13.8	30.1	100