Potential predictors of job choice based on title of first job (N=5020)
| Occupational group (based only on job title) | χ2 (df)¶ | |||
| Reference | Other | High risk | ||
| n (row %) | n (row %) | n (row %) | ||
| Father's social class at birth | ||||
| Professional I | 188 (77.0) | 23 (9.4) | 33 (13.5) | p<0.001 (df=10) |
| Managerial or technical II | 503 (68.6) | 90 (12.3) | 140 (19.1) | |
| Skilled non-manual IIInm | 370 (70.1) | 76 (14.4) | 82 (15.5) | |
| Skilled manual IIIm | 1432 (57.5) | 519 (20.9) | 538 (21.6) | |
| Partly skilled IV | 322 (52.6) | 145 (23.7) | 145 (23.7) | |
| Unskilled V | 193 (49.0) | 112 (28.4) | 89 (22.6) | |
| Other/unknown | 11 (55.0) | 3 (15.0) | 6 (30.0) | |
| School leaving age | ||||
| ≤16 years | 1613 (52.3) | 697 (22.6) | 774 (25.1) | p<0.001 (df=2) |
| ≥17 years | 1115 (78.7) | 152 (10.7) | 149 (10.5) | |
| Missing | 291 (56.0) | 119 (22.9) | 110 (21.2) | |
| Continued full-time education on leaving school | ||||
| No | 2280 (57.6) | 793 (20.0) | 884 (22.3) | p<0.001 (df=2) |
| Yes | 431 (80.1) | 63 (11.7) | 44 (8.2) | |
| Missing | 308 (58.7) | 112 (21.3) | 105 (20.0) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 1054 (44.1) | 632 (26.5) | 703 (29.4) | p<0.001 (df=2) |
| Female | 1965 (74.7) | 336 (12.8) | 330 (12.5) | |
| Eczema ages 0–16 years | ||||
| No | 2673 (60.1) | 864 (19.4) | 912 (20.5) | p=0.770 (df=2) |
| Yes* | 346 (60.6) | 104 (18.2) | 121 (21.2) | |
| Hay fever ages 0–16 years | ||||
| No | 2458 (59.1) | 813 (19.5) | 889 (21.4) | p=0.002 (df=2) |
| Yes† | 561 (65.2) | 155 (18.0) | 144 (16.7) | |
| Asthma or wheezy bronchitis ages 0–16 years | ||||
| No | 2355 (60.7) | 752 (19.4) | 773 (19.9) | p=0.041 (df=4) |
| Symptoms: only in childhood‡ | 499 (60.2) | 153 (18.5) | 177 (21.4) | |
| Symptoms: in adolescence§ | 165 (53.1) | 63 (20.3) | 83 (26.7) | |
↵* Eczema reported at ages 7 (including eczema seen at 7), 11 and/or 16.
↵† Hay fever or allergic rhinitis reported at ages 7, 11 and/or 16.
↵‡ Asthma and/or wheezy bronchitis ever, reported at ages 7 and/or 11, but no report at the 16-year follow-up of any attacks since 11th birthday.
↵§ Asthma and/or wheezy bronchitis: most recent attack at ages 11–16 according to parental report at the 16-year follow-up.
↵¶ χ2 Tests exclude missing values.