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(-2.14) (-2.14) (-2.41)
Mothers occupation when resp. 14
Mother not present when resp 14 0.480 0.480 0.480
(1.49) (1.49) (1.55)
Labourer 0.176 0.177 0.177
(0.57) (0.57) (0.59)
Plant operative 0.697* 0.697* 0.697*
(2.26) (2.26) (2.30)
Sales 0.190 0.190 0.190
(0.66) (0.66) (0.71)
Tradesperson 0.119 0.120 0.120
(0.28) (0.29) (0.32)
Manager/professional/paraprofessional
-0.247 -0.246 -0.246
(-0.85) (-0.84) (-0.90)
Not employed 0.041 0.041 0.041
Mother post-school qualification
when resp 14
(0.17) (0.18) (0.20)
0.266 0.266 0.266
(1.66) (1.66) (1.70)
Religion brought up in
Catholic 0.061 0.061 0.061
(0.38) (0.37) (0.39)
Presbyterian 0.322 0.322 0.322
(1.34) (1.34) (1.46)
Methodist 0.017 0.015 0.015
(0.06) (0.06) (0.05)
Other Christian 0.075 0.074 0.074
(0.27) (0.27) (0.27)
Other religion 0.176 0.176 0.176
(0.80) (0.80) (0.77)
No religion 0.138 0.138 0.138
(0.66) (0.67) (0.69)
Observations 1283 1283 1283
Student’s t statistics in brackets; * significant at 5%; ** significant at 1%
NOTE 1: results Column 1 are sourced from Table 4 and Table 5 pages 18-21 Richardson (1998).
Base categories: European ethnic origin, state interviewed in 1984 NSW/ACT, government school, highest
qualification in 1984 year 10 at school, longest job by 1984 is 1 year, lived mostly in state capital city until
respondent aged 14, English is first language, father clerical worker when respondent aged 14, mother
clerical worker when respondent aged 14, religion brought up in is Anglican.