n

%

Occurrence of hearing problems %

Gender

Male

2412

49.9

12.7

Female

2416

50.1

7.9

Parental social class at birth

Unskilled (V)

334

6.9

9.3

Partly skilled (IV)

563

11.7

13.3

Skilled manual (III)

2335

48.4

10.7

Skilled non-manual (III)

534

11.1

9.7

Managerial\tech (II)

778

16.1

8.5

Professional (I)

284

5.9

8.1

Educational qualifications

No qualifications

313

6.5

13.8

CSE 2-5/equivalent NVQ1

550

11.4

10.7

O Level/equivalent NVQ2

1681

34.8

9.2

A level/equivalent NVQ3

739

15.3

13.0

Higher qualification/equivalent NVQ4

779

16.1

9.4

University Degree/equivalent NVQ5, 6

766

15.9

9.3

Current social class

Unskilled (V)

93

1.9

9.7

Partly skilled (IV)

549

11.4

12.4

Skilled manual (III)

839

17.4

12.9

Skilled non-manual (III)

984

20.4

8.5

Managerial\tech (II)

2027

42.0

9.7

Professional (I)

336

7.0

7.0