Table 1

Descriptive statistics by cohort and employment status during Seniors USP

	Twenty-07 1950s employed		Twenty-07 1950s retired		Twenty-07 1930s All		LBC1936 All
	n=110		n=200		n=119		n=271
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Tenure
Own or mortgage	104	94.6	171	85.5	95	79.8	259	95.6
Renting or other	5	4.6	28	14.0	21	17.7	12	4.4
Missing	1	0.9	1	0.5	3	2.5	0	0.0
Car ownership
No	9	8.2	27	13.5	42	35.3
Yes	100	90.9	172	86.0	74	62.2
Missing	1	0.9	1	0.5	3	2.5
Lifetime social class
I Professional	27	24.6	45	22.5	18	15.1	69	25.5
II Managerial	60	54.6	94	47.0	47	39.5	101	37.3
III Skilled non-manual	19	17.3	43	21.5	31	26.1	50	18.5
III Skilled manual	3	2.7	11	5.5	16	13.5	38	14.0
IV/V Semiskilled/unskilled	1	0.9	7	3.5	7	5.5	10	3.7
Missing	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	1.1
Highest qualification
None	10	9.1	15	7.5	34	28.6	36	13.3
Basic	65	59.1	96	48.0	61	51.3	133	49.1
Degree or professional qualification	35	31.8	89	44.5	24	20.2	102	37.6
Minimum school leaving age
Stayed past min age	69	62.7	131	65.5	61	51.3	144	53.1
Left minimum or earlier	40	36.4	68	34.0	55	46.2	127	46.9
Missing	1	0.9	1	0.5	3	2.5	0	0
Parental social class
I Professional	6	5.5	16	8.0	6	5.0	20	7.4
II Intermediate	21	19.1	33	16.5	14	11.8	54	19.9
III Skilled (manual and non-manual)	54	49.1	98	49.0	61	51.3	136	50.2
IV Partly skilled	15	13.6	32	16.0	16	13.5	28	10.3
V Unskilled	12	10.9	16	8.0	12	10.1	15	5.5
Missing	2	1.8	5	2.5	10	8.4	18	6.6
Gender
Male	70	63.6	75	37.5	54	45.4	140	51.7
Female	40	36.4	125	62.5	65	54.6	131	48.3
SIMD
Mean	0.37		0.42		0.45		0.22
SD	0.30		0.32		0.33		0.25
Carstairs
Mean	0.39		0.44		0.47		0.3
SD	0.29		0.31		0.32		0.25
Household net income
Mean	5.78		6.22		4.01
SD	3.09		3.92		2.39
Missing	11		15		22
Subjective social position
Mean	6.52		6.14		6.1
SD	1.47		1.70		1.62
Missing	2		3		7
Age
Mean	64.4		64.7		83.4		79.0
SD	0.88		0.89		0.62		0.44

SIMD, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation; Seniors USP, Understanding Sedentary Patterns.