Characteristic | All n=7184 | Male n=3430 | Female n=3754 | |||
Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | |
Total | 7184 | 100 | – | – | – | – |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 3430 | 47.7 | – | – | – | – |
Female | 3754 | 52.3 | – | – | – | – |
Mean age in May 2001 | 48.2 | SD 1.5 | 48.3 | SD: 1.5 | 48.2 | SD 1.5 |
Multimorbidity | ||||||
Absent | 6796 | 94.6 | 3267 | 95.2 | 3529 | 94.0 |
Present | 388 | 5.4 | 163 | 4.8 | 225 | 6.0 |
Social class of the father at birth of the participant | ||||||
I/II (Professional/Managerial) | 789 | 11.0 | 388 | 11.3 | 401 | 10.7 |
III (Skilled non-manual) | 869 | 12.1 | 415 | 12.1 | 454 | 12.1 |
III (Skilled manual) | 3154 | 43.9 | 1482 | 43.2 | 1672 | 44.5 |
IV (Partly skilled) | 976 | 13.6 | 482 | 14.1 | 494 | 13.2 |
V (Unskilled) | 1048 | 14.6 | 503 | 14.7 | 545 | 14.5 |
Unemployed/unknown/disabled/dead | 348 | 4.8 | 160 | 4.7 | 188 | 5.0 |
Cognition score age 7 (quintiles) | ||||||
50–95 | 1269 | 17.7 | 633 | 18.5 | 636 | 16.9 |
96–105 | 1445 | 20.1 | 701 | 20.4 | 744 | 19.8 |
106–112 | 1277 | 17.8 | 622 | 18.1 | 655 | 17.5 |
113–122 | 1453 | 20.2 | 695 | 20.3 | 758 | 20.2 |
123–153 | 1480 | 20.6 | 698 | 20.4 | 782 | 20.8 |
Missing | 260 | 3.6 | 81 | 2.4 | 179 | 4.8 |
School type | ||||||
Non-elite | 4726 | 65.8 | 2242 | 65.4 | 2484 | 66.2 |
Elite | 2067 | 28.8 | 1006 | 29.3 | 1061 | 28.3 |
Other | 56 | 0.8 | 20 | 0.6 | 36 | 1.0 |
Missing | 335 | 4.7 | 162 | 4.7 | 173 | 4.6 |
Educational attainment | ||||||
Tertiary (degree) | 1374 | 19.1 | 734 | 21.4 | 640 | 17.1 |
Tertiary (non-degree) | 1138 | 15.8 | 624 | 18.2 | 514 | 13.7 |
Advanced level | 926 | 12.9 | 494 | 14.4 | 432 | 11.5 |
Ordinary level | 1970 | 27.4 | 775 | 22.6 | 1195 | 31.8 |
School leaving/none | 1676 | 23.3 | 757 | 22.1 | 919 | 24.5 |
Missing | 100 | 1.4 | 46 | 1.3 | 54 | 1.4 |
2001 adult social class | ||||||
I/II (Professional/Managerial) | 2944 | 41.0 | 1631 | 47.6 | 1313 | 35.0 |
III (Skilled non-manual) | 1758 | 24.5 | 323 | 9.4 | 1435 | 38.2 |
III (Skilled manual) | 1271 | 17.7 | 1012 | 29.5 | 259 | 6.9 |
IV (Partly skilled) | 745 | 10.4 | 286 | 8.3 | 459 | 12.2 |
V (Unskilled) | 304 | 4.2 | 99 | 2.9 | 205 | 5.5 |
Missing | 162 | 2.3 | 79 | 2.3 | 83 | 2.2 |
2001 adult body mass index categories | ||||||
Underweight (<18.5) | 53 | 0.7 | 13 | 0.4 | 40 | 1.1 |
Normal (18.5–24.9) | 2838 | 39.5 | 1100 | 32.1 | 1738 | 46.3 |
Overweight (25–29.9) | 2516 | 35.0 | 1416 | 41.3 | 1100 | 29.3 |
Obese class 1 (30–34.9) | 885 | 12.3 | 460 | 13.4 | 425 | 11.3 |
Obese class 2 (35–39.9) | 251 | 3.5 | 82 | 2.4 | 169 | 4.5 |
Obese class 3 (40+) | 105 | 1.5 | 25 | 0.7 | 80 | 2.1 |
Missing | 536 | 7.5 | 334 | 9.7 | 202 | 5.4 |
2001 adult smoking status | ||||||
Current smoker | 1958 | 27.3 | 931 | 27.1 | 1027 | 27.4 |
Ex-smoker | 1788 | 24.9 | 939 | 27.4 | 849 | 22.6 |
Non-smoker | 3420 | 47.6 | 1552 | 45.3 | 1868 | 49.8 |
Missing | 18 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.2 | 10 | 0.3 |
2001 adult alcohol related hangovers in past year | ||||||
At least once a week | 161 | 2.2 | 111 | 3.2 | 50 | 1.3 |
1–3 times a month | 766 | 10.7 | 524 | 15.3 | 242 | 6.5 |
Less than once a month | 2688 | 37.4 | 1407 | 41.0 | 1281 | 34.1 |
Not at all in the last year | 3122 | 43.5 | 1238 | 36.1 | 1884 | 50.2 |
Missing | 447 | 6.2 | 150 | 4.4 | 297 | 7.9 |
*Figures presented are numbers and proportions unless stated otherwise.
ACONF, Aberdeen Children of the 1950s.