Table 1 Distribution of significant...

Table 1

Distribution of significant variables (% of total person-years)

Variable	Category	% in Each Category (n = 24,850 person-years)
Returned Home	Yes	2.2
Sex	Female	58.8
Age Group	20–24	19.7
	25–29	34.2
	30–34	46.1
Educational Experience	Bachelor’s degree	37.6
	Postcompulsory	17.2
	No postcompulsory	43.1
	Unknown	2.1
Individual Income	Quartile 1 (lowest)	26.2
	Quartile 2	25.2
	Quartile 3	24.0
	Quartile 4 (highest)	24.6
Country of Birth	Great Britain	95.6
Country of Birth	Outside Great Britain	4.4
Change in Economic Activity	Student to employed	1.7
	Student to unemployed or inactive	0.5
	Unemployed or inactive to employed	4.7
	Employed to unemployed or inactive	4.2
	New student	0.9
	Stable student	2.3
	Stable employed	70.5
	Stable unemployed or inactive	15.1
Change in Partnership Status	New or stable partnered	74.6
	Consistently unpartnered	21.7
	Dissolution	3.7
Already a Parent	Yes	55.2
Parental Occupational Class	Service class	27.1
	Intermediate class	31.2
	Working class	32.6
	Parent unemployed/inactive	5.3
	Unknown	3.9

Variable	Category	% in Each Category (n = 24,850 person-years)
Returned Home	Yes	2.2
Sex	Female	58.8
Age Group	20–24	19.7
	25–29	34.2
	30–34	46.1
Educational Experience	Bachelor’s degree	37.6
	Postcompulsory	17.2
	No postcompulsory	43.1
	Unknown	2.1
Individual Income	Quartile 1 (lowest)	26.2
	Quartile 2	25.2
	Quartile 3	24.0
	Quartile 4 (highest)	24.6
Country of Birth	Great Britain	95.6
Country of Birth	Outside Great Britain	4.4
Change in Economic Activity	Student to employed	1.7
	Student to unemployed or inactive	0.5
	Unemployed or inactive to employed	4.7
	Employed to unemployed or inactive	4.2
	New student	0.9
	Stable student	2.3
	Stable employed	70.5
	Stable unemployed or inactive	15.1
Change in Partnership Status	New or stable partnered	74.6
	Consistently unpartnered	21.7
	Dissolution	3.7
Already a Parent	Yes	55.2
Parental Occupational Class	Service class	27.1
	Intermediate class	31.2
	Working class	32.6
	Parent unemployed/inactive	5.3
	Unknown	3.9