From: The applicability of measures of socioeconomic position to different ethnic groups within the UK
Ethnicity Age sex adjusted (95%CI) | |||
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White | Indian & Pakistani | African Caribbean | |
N = 247 | N = 233 | N = 212 | |
Education | |||
Secondary or below | 58.1 (57.2–59.1) | 71.9 (71.1–72.7) | 70.5 (69.8–71.4) |
Above Secondary | 14.3 (13.9–14.6) | 17.4 (16.9–17.9) | 16.9 (16.5–17.4) |
University | 27.6 (26.9–28.2) | 10.7 (10.4–11.0) | 12.5 (12.1–12.8) |
Living conditions and household assets | |||
%Car ownership | 54.9 (48.7–61.1) | 61.2 (54.8–67.3) | 32.4 (26.4–39.0) |
%Home ownership | 57.2 (50.7–63.4) | 71.8 (65.6–77.3) | 44.1 (37.3–51.0) |
%Poor quality housing | 53.4 (47.1–59.5) | 63.1 (56.7–69.0) | 60.5 (53.7–66.8) |
%Worry about losing home | 9.1 (6.1–13.4) | 18.2 (13.7–23.8) | 16.7 (12.1–22.2) |
% Can not afford household goods | 35.6 (30.1–41.9) | 27.0 (20.9–33.0) | 40.6 (34.3–47.0) |
Debt and Equity | |||
% Investments | 77.1 (71.1–81.9) | 69.0 (62.7–74.7) | 66.0 (59.3–62.1) |
% No Debts | 44.3 (38.2–50.7) | 63.9 (57.5–69.9) | 53.6 (46.9–60.3) |
%Able to get £10 000 | 61.7 (55.4–67.6) | 52.2 (45.8–58.7) | 37.9 (31.6–44.7) |
% lent money to family/friends | 41.7 (35.7–48.0) | 41.2 (35.1–47.7) | 54.6 (47.8–61.1) |
Sources of Income | |||
%Welfare | 18.0 (13.7–23.3) | 19.6 (15.0–25.2) | 32.6 (26.7–39.2) |
%Employment/self-employment | 62.6 (56.4–68.5) | 51.4 (45.1–58.0) | 41.5 (35.0–48.4) |