Measures of socioeconomic position in studies with older populations
| Type of measure | No of studies using type of measure*,† |
| Education | 86 |
| Objective income | 71 |
| Employment/occupational classification | 25 |
| Housing tenure | 22 |
| Subjective assessment of economic circumstance | 19 |
| Area deprivation or other area level measure | 16 |
| Wealth/assets‡ | 14 |
| Household material deprivation | 4 |
| Health insurance status | 4 |
| House value | 3 |
| Composite measure comprising 2+indicators | 3 |
| Car ownership | 2 |
| Geography profile of residence | 2 |
| Living arrangements§ | 2 |
| Proportion of life working part time | 1 |
| Marital status§ | 1 |
| Perceived access to healthcare§ | 1 |
| Out of pocket payments for healthcare | 1 |
| Poverty income ratio | 1 |
| Poverty threshold status | 1 |
*Number of studies not mutually exclusive as studies often used multiple measures.
†Figure does not represent the total number of measures as some studies used multiple versions of one type of measure (eg, two types of area deprivation measure).
‡Some measures were net (ie, accounted for debt and outgoings).
§Described as socioeconomic measures but their relevance to socioeconomic position unclear in publication.