Table 3 The effect of parents’ social status on children’s subjective class identity (N = 9923)

Male

−0.217***

−0.162***

−0.163***

−0.149***

(0.031)

(0.031)

(0.031)

(0.031)

Age

0.001

0.008***

0.009***

0.007***

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Urban residency

0.202***

0.073*

0.072*

0.066*

(0.033)

(0.033)

(0.033)

(0.033)

Marital status (unmarried = 0)

 Married

0.127*

0.250***

0.311***

0.254***

(0.054)

(0.054)

(0.057)

(0.057)

 Divorced or widowed

0.047

0.135

0.187*

0.149

(0.076)

(0.075)

(0.076)

(0.076)

Number of houses (no house = 0)

 Own one house

0.107

0.074

0.075

0.079

(0.063)

(0.062)

(0.062)

(0.062)

 Own multiple houses

0.309***

0.230**

0.228**

0.233**

(0.074)

(0.073)

(0.073)

(0.073)

Have a car

0.427***

0.344***

0.335***

0.340***

(0.043)

(0.042)

(0.042)

(0.042)

Relative social status to peers (higher = 0)

 Similar

−0.803***

−0.787***

−0.784***

−0.786***

(0.073)

(0.071)

(0.071)

(0.071)

 Lower

−1.722***

−1.655***

−1.649***

−1.654***

(0.076)

(0.074)

(0.074)

(0.074)

Perception of social mobility (downward = 0)

 Immobile

0.224***

0.279***

0.280***

0.278***

(0.051)

(0.050)

(0.050)

(0.050)

 Upward

1.059***

1.179***

1.179***

1.179***

(0.047)

(0.047)

(0.047)

(0.047)

Individual’s social status

0.373***

0.206***

0.213***

0.211***

(0.030)

(0.030)

(0.030)

(0.030)

Parents’ social status

0.502***

0.766***

0.481***

(0.024)

(0.092)

(0.025)

Above 35 years old

−0.037

(0.054)

Parents’ social status × above 35 years old

−0.150**

(0.050)

Co-reside with parents

−0.132*

(0.052)

Parent social status × co-reside with parents

0.161**

(0.058)

Intercept

4.339***

3.890***

3.839***

3.928***

(0.121)

(0.121)

(0.128)

(0.124)

R²

0.243

0.275

0.276

0.276