Lindsay Paterson is Emeritus Professor of Education Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. His main academic interests are in education, civic engagement and political attitudes. He has contributed to many debates in Scotland since the early 1990s on education, on social change, and on politics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Frank Bechhofer is University Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Social Research, University of Edinburgh. In 1986 he founded the Research Centre for Social Sciences and was its Director until 1997. David McCrone is emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh; a Fellow of the British Academy, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He co-founded the university’s Institute of Governance in 1999, and has written extensively on the sociology and politics of Scotland, and the comparative study of nationalism. His books include Who Runs Edinburgh? (Edinburgh University Press, 2022), The New Sociology of Scotland (Sage Publications, 2017), and The Sociology of Nationalism: tomorrow’s ancestors (Routledge, 1998). He coordinated a series of studies on national identity in Scotland and in England, funded by The Leverhulme Trust, which culminated in his co-authored book Understanding National Identity, published in 2015 by Cambridge University Press.

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• List of Tables in Main Text; List of Supplementary Tables in Appendix I; List of Figures in Main Text; Preface; Notes on the Authors; Introduction; 1. Population and Demography; 2. Families and Households; 3. Work and Employment; 4. Income, Wealth and Poverty; 5. Social Class and Social Opportunity (chapter written jointly with Cristina Iannelli); 6. Education and Life Chances; 7. Consumption, Lifestyle and Culture; 8. Conclusions; Appendix I Supplementary Tables; Appendix 2 Sources of Data; Appendix 3 Measuring Social Class; Appendix 4 Comparing Percentages; References; Index.

Lindsay Paterson is Emeritus Professor of Education Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. His main academic interests are in education, civic engagement and political attitudes. He has contributed to many debates in Scotland since the early 1990s on education, on social change, and on politics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Frank Bechhofer is University Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Social Research, University of Edinburgh. In 1986 he founded the Research Centre for Social Sciences and was its Director until 1997. David McCrone is emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh; a Fellow of the British Academy, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He co-founded the university’s Institute of Governance in 1999, and has written extensively on the sociology and politics of Scotland, and the comparative study of nationalism. His books include Who Runs Edinburgh? (Edinburgh University Press, 2022), The New Sociology of Scotland (Sage Publications, 2017), and The Sociology of Nationalism: tomorrow’s ancestors (Routledge, 1998). He coordinated a series of studies on national identity in Scotland and in England, funded by The Leverhulme Trust, which culminated in his co-authored book Understanding National Identity, published in 2015 by Cambridge University Press.

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• List of Tables in Main Text; List of Supplementary Tables in Appendix I; List of Figures in Main Text; Preface; Notes on the Authors; Introduction; 1. Population and Demography; 2. Families and Households; 3. Work and Employment; 4. Income, Wealth and Poverty; 5. Social Class and Social Opportunity (chapter written jointly with Cristina Iannelli); 6. Education and Life Chances; 7. Consumption, Lifestyle and Culture; 8. Conclusions; Appendix I Supplementary Tables; Appendix 2 Sources of Data; Appendix 3 Measuring Social Class; Appendix 4 Comparing Percentages; References; Index.

Lindsay Paterson is Emeritus Professor of Education Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. His main academic interests are in education, civic engagement and political attitudes. He has contributed to many debates in Scotland since the early 1990s on education, on social change, and on politics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Frank Bechhofer is University Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Social Research, University of Edinburgh. In 1986 he founded the Research Centre for Social Sciences and was its Director until 1997. David McCrone is emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh; a Fellow of the British Academy, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He co-founded the university’s Institute of Governance in 1999, and has written extensively on the sociology and politics of Scotland, and the comparative study of nationalism. His books include Who Runs Edinburgh? (Edinburgh University Press, 2022), The New Sociology of Scotland (Sage Publications, 2017), and The Sociology of Nationalism: tomorrow’s ancestors (Routledge, 1998). He coordinated a series of studies on national identity in Scotland and in England, funded by The Leverhulme Trust, which culminated in his co-authored book Understanding National Identity, published in 2015 by Cambridge University Press.

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• List of Tables in Main Text; List of Supplementary Tables in Appendix I; List of Figures in Main Text; Preface; Notes on the Authors; Introduction; 1. Population and Demography; 2. Families and Households; 3. Work and Employment; 4. Income, Wealth and Poverty; 5. Social Class and Social Opportunity (chapter written jointly with Cristina Iannelli); 6. Education and Life Chances; 7. Consumption, Lifestyle and Culture; 8. Conclusions; Appendix I Supplementary Tables; Appendix 2 Sources of Data; Appendix 3 Measuring Social Class; Appendix 4 Comparing Percentages; References; Index.