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Table 1 Distribution of socio-economic position markers

From: Socio-economic position and childhood multimorbidity: a study using linkage between the Avon Longitudinal study of parents and children and the general practice research database

Socio-economic marker

 

Frequency (%)

Maternal education (n = 460)

CSE/vocational/lower

153 (33.3%)

O level

182 (39.6%)

A level

85 (18.5%)

Degree

40 (8.7%)

Paternal education (n = 376)

CSE/vocational/lower

99 (26.3%)

O level

90 (23.9%)

A level

127 (33.8%)

Degree

60 (16.0%)

Occupational social class (n = 419)

I

13 (3.1%)

II

91 (21.7%)

III non-manual

93 (22.2%)

III manual

118 (28.2%)

IV

84 (20.1%)

V

20 (4.8%)

Housing tenure during pregnancy (n = 483)

Mortgaged/owned

320 (66.3%)

Private rented

33 (6.8%)

Council rented/housing association

130 (26.9%)

Long family adversity index during pregnancy (n = 484)

0

169 (34.9%)

1

133 (27.5%)

2

81 (16.7%)

3

42 (8.7%)

4

17 (3.5%)

5

15 (3.1%)

6

12 (2.5%)

7

11 (2.3%)

8 or 9

4 (0.8%)

Townsend score (n = 620)

1st decile (least deprived)

63 (10.2%)

2

76 (12.3%)

3

40 (6.5%)

4

57 (9.2%)

5

69 (11.1%)

6

68 (11.0%)

7

59 (9.5%)

8

86 (13.9%)

9

46 (7.4%)

10th (most deprived)

56 (9.0%)