Table STROCC6 - 2005/06

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per worker due to self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by occupational major group.

2006/07
2005/06

Occupation description +	Major group	Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
		Sample cases $	Days lost (thousands)			Average days lost per worker
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Managers and senior officials	1	58	1337	804	1870	0.33	0.20	0.46
Professional occupations	2	66	1300	777	1823	0.41	0.25	0.58
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	73	1679	1040	2317	0.49	0.30	0.67
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	46	1095	642	1548	0.43	0.25	0.61
Skilled trades occupations	5	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
Personal service occupations	6	33	*687*	356	1018	*0.44*	0.23	0.65
Sales and customer service occupations	7	27	*643*	251	1035	*0.49*	0.19	0.78
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elementary occupations	9	28	*803*	274	1332	*0.37*	0.13	0.62
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)		366	8385	6985	9784	0.36	0.30	0.42
Other job caused illness#		76	2152	1373	2932	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)		442	10537	8934	12139	0.45	0.39	0.52

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their illness was ascribed and those who said their illness was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

+ See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.