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1 The standard six social grades, commonly used in research, are based on the current or previous occupation of the chief income earner in the household. AB includes higher and intermediate managerial, administrative and professional occupations, C1 includes supervisory or clerical, and junior managerial, administrative or professional occupations, C2 includes skilled manual workers whilst DE includes semi and unskilled occupations, state pensioners and the long-term unemployed.
2 The results shown have been weighted to match Scotland's demographic profile. Weighting is often used in analysis of survey data to correct any under/over representations of particular groups that occur during sampling.
3 As with the monetary cap, the full prescription charge would be applied to the first item on any multi-item prescription (£6.65 for the first script) and then a lower charge would be applied to the rest. This would financially benefit patients who either regularly or occasionally require multi-item prescriptions.
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