Table 1 Professional status as measure of social mobility between childhood, adolescence and late adulthood
Variable | Category | Cases n = 466 | Controls n = 807 | Model variant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1a | Model 2b | Model 3c | ||||
Fathers´ profession vs. subjects´ professional training | Advancement | 90 (19.3%) | 243 (30.1%) | 0.50 (0.37–0.67) | 0.58 (0.41–0.81) | 0.67 (0.45–0.99) |
No change | 330 (70.8%) | 460 (57.0%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Descent | 46 (9.9%) | 104 (12.9%) | 0.64 (0.43–0.95) | 0.76 (0.48–1.20) | 0.95 (0.59–1.53) | |
Fathers´ profession vs. subjects´ last profession | Advancement | 110 (23.6%) | 296 (36.7%) | 0.52 (0.40–0.69) | 0.65 (0.47–0.89) | 0.77 (0.52–1.13) |
No change | 312 (67.0%) | 423 (52.4%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Descent | 44 (9.4%) | 88 (10.9%) | 0.68 (0.45–1.02) | 0.80 (0.50–1.28) | 1.00 (0.61–1.63) | |
Professional training vs. last profession | Advancement | 50 (10.7%) | 68 (8.4%) | 1.18 (0.79–1.78) | 1.07 (0.67–1.72) | 0.77 (0.44–1.34) |
No change | 355 (76.2%) | 607 (75.2%) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Descent | 61 (13.1%) | 132 (16.4%) | 0.87 (0.61–1.23) | 0.96 (0.64–1.44) | 0.95 (0.61–1.48) | |