Table 1 Descriptive statistics for all study variables; the top panel presents means (SD) and the bottom panel presents n (%)
Males (n = 735) | Females (n = 826) | All (n = 1561) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Mental wellbeing (WEMWBS) (range = 21–70) | 51.49 (7.57) | 51.55 (8.42) | 51.52 (8.03) |
Life satisfaction (SWLS) (range = 5–35) | 26.97 (5.71) | 26.42 (6.29) | 26.67 (6.03) |
Symptoms of anxiety/depression (GHQ-28) (range = 29–87) | 43.09 (7.21) | 45.78 (8.88) | 44.61 (8.34) |
Childhood cognitive ability at age 8 | 90.21 (27.81) | 93.01 (26.73) | 91.69 (27.27) |
Adolescent mental health problems (top quartile) | |||
Self-organisation | 226 (30.7) | 164 (19.9) | |
Conduct problems | 201 (27.3) | 189 (22.9) | |
Emotional problems | 155 (21.1) | 234 (28.3) | |
Father’s occupational social class | |||
Manual | 395 (53.7) | 446 (54.0) | 841 (53.9) |
Non-manual | 340 (46.3) | 380 (46.0) | 720 (46.1) |
Educational attainment by age 26 | |||
No qualifications | 235 (32.0) | 261 (31.6) | 496 (31.8) |
Vocational | 45 (6.1) | 80 (9.7) | 125 (8.0) |
Ordinary (‘O’ level) | 109 (14.8) | 216 (26.2) | 325 (20.8) |
Advanced (‘A’ level) | 227 (30.9) | 216 (26.2) | 443 (28.4) |
Higher | 119 (16.2) | 53 (6.4) | 172 (11.0) |