Year | Absolute rate of teenage conception, n (%) | Total number of conceptions in the sample | Annual percentage change in teenage conception (year 1; %) | Absolute rate of teenage conception in the unskilled occupational social class, n (%) | Absolute rate of teenage conception in the professional occupational social class, n (%) | Absolute difference between the unskilled and professional social class (%) | Denominator for Social Class based on Occupation* |
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1950–1954 | 1027 (18.3) | 5597 | 6.06 | 145 (3.5) | 6 (0.1) | 3.4 | 4116 |
1955–1959 | 1276 (19.7) | 6468 | 4.76 | 204 (3.4) | 12 (0.2) | 3.5 | 5923 |
1960–1964 | 1519 (24.8) | 6124 | 10.37 | 206 (3.7) | 26 (0.5) | 3.2 | 5502 |
1965–1969 | 2149 (34.4) | 6242 | −1.20 | 290 (5.4) | 36 (0.7) | 4.7 | 5393 |
1970–1974 | 2046 (33.6) | 6091 | 2.94 | 309 (5.7) | 23 (0.4) | 5.3 | 5376 |
1975–1979 | 2287 (25.0) | 9141 | 0.82 | 131 (3.9) | 10 (0.3) | 3.6 | 3395 |
1980–1984 | 2362 (20.5) | 11 507 | −1.34 | 187 (2.4) | 16 (0.2) | 2.2 | 7633 |
1985–1989 | 2235 (17.8) | 12 556 | −1.24 | 230 (2.3) | 13 (0.1) | 2.2 | 10 184 |
1990–1994 | 2124 (15.8) | 13 483 | −6.06 | 179 (1.8) | 12 (0.1) | 1.7 | 9846 |
1995–1999 | 1609 (14.6) | 11 002 | −3.17 | 137 (1.6) | 10 (0.1) | 1.5 | 8358 |
2000–2004 | 1405 (14.3) | 9828 | 3.10 | 121 (1.8) | 9 (0.1) | 1.7 | 6568 |
2005–2010 | 1623 (12.0) | 13 499 | – | 110 (1.0) | 14 (0.1) | 0.9 | 10 628 |
*The denominator differed from the total number of conceptions due to missing values in the Social Class based on Occupation.