Table 1: Proportion of 25 year-olds with degrees by social class of family at age 13/14.
| Family class background | White | Black | Mixed | Indian | Pakistani, Bangladeshi | Any other | Total |
| Prof / mgnr | 38% | 41% | 39% | 67% | 55% | 68% | 40% |
| Intermediate, routine | 17% | 39% | 26% | 43% | 34% | 39% | 20% |
| Others | 21% | 41% | 18% | 46% | 21% | 28% | 24% |
| Total degree | 25% | 40% | 29% | 49% | 30% | 48% | 27% |
Source: own analysis of ‘Next Step’ waves 1 and 8, previously known as the Youth Cohort Survey or the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE).[4]
