Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the study variables (n = 12,120)
From: Intergenerational patterns of mental health problems: the role of childhood peer status position
|  | Men n = 5998 | Women n = 6122 | % Mental health problems in the parental generation | % Mental health problems in the child generation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | n | % | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
Mental health problems in the parental generation | ||||||||
 No | 5645 | 94.1 | 5774 | 94.3 | – | – | 6.4 | 6.9 |
 Yes | 353 | 5.9 | 348 | 5.7 | – | – | 11.9 | 14.1 |
Mental health problems in the child generation | ||||||||
 No | 5595 | 93.3 | 5675 | 92.7 | 5.6 | 5.3 | – | – |
 Yes | 403 | 6.7 | 447 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 11.0 | – | – |
Peer status position | ||||||||
 Marginalised | 777 | 13.0 | 582 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 9.8 |
 Low status | 1165 | 19.4 | 1298 | 21.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
 Medium status | 2126 | 35.5 | 2398 | 39.2 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
 High status | 1930 | 32.2 | 1844 | 30.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 6.3 |
Class size | Range: 10–37, Median: 27 | Range: 10–40, Median: 27 | – | – | – | – | ||
Social class in the parental generation | ||||||||
 Upper/middle class | 3108 | 51.8 | 3311 | 50.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
 Working class | 2726 | 45.5 | 2839 | 46.4 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 7.5 |
 Unclassified | 164 | 2.7 | 172 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 11.1 |