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Table STROCC2_3YRSIG

Comparison of averaged estimated prevalence rates of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by occupation, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2004/05-2006/07.

Occupation description Major, sub-major, minor or unit group Whether rates statistically significantly higher/lower than average across all occupations
Managers and senior officials 1 Higher
Corporate managers 11 Higher
  Corporate Managers and senior officials 111 *
  Production managers 112 No
  Functional managers 113 Higher
  Quality and customer care managers 114 *
  Financial institution and office managers 115 Higher
    Financial institution managers 1151 Higher#
    Office managers 1152 No#
  Managers in distribution, storage and retailing 116 No
  Protective service officers 117 *
  Health and social services managers 118 Higher
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 No
  Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services 122 *
  Managers and proprietors in other services industries 123 Higher
Professional occupations 2 Higher
Science and technology professionals 21 No
  Science professionals 211 *
  Engineering professionals 212 No#
  Information and communication technology professionals 213 No#
Health professionals 22 No#
Teaching and research professionals 23 Higher
  Teaching professionals 231 Higher
    Higher education teaching professionals 2311 Higher#
    Further education teaching professionals 2312 Higher#
    Education officers, school inspectors 2313 *
    Secondary education teaching professionals 2314 Higher
    Primary and nursery education teaching professionals 2315 Higher
    Special needs education teaching professionals 2316 *
    Registrars and senior administrators of educational establishments 2317 *
    Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified 2319 *
  Research professionals 232 *
Business and public service professionals 24 No
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 Higher
Science and technology associate professionals 31 No#
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 Higher
  Health associate professionals 321 Higher
  Therapists 322 *
  Social welfare associate professionals 323 Higher
    Youth and community workers 3231 *
    Housing and welfare officers 3232 Higher
Protective service occupations 33 Higher
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 No
Business and public service associate professionals 35 Higher
  Transport associate professionals 351 *
  Legal associate professionals 352 *
  Business and finance associate professionals 353 No
  Sales and related associate professionals 354 No#
  Conservation associate professionals 355 *
  Public service and other associate professionals 356 Higher
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 No
Administrative occupations 41 No
  Administrative occupations: government and related organisations 411 No
  Administrative occupations: finance 412 No
    Credit controllers 4121 *
    Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial 4122 No
    Counter clerks 4123 No#
  Administrative occupations: records 413 No
  Administrative occupations: communications 414 *
  Administrative occupations: general 415 No
Secretarial and related occupations 42 No
Skilled trades occupations 5 Lower
Skilled agricultural trades 51 *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 Lower
Skilled construction and building trades 53 Lower#
  Construction trades 531 Lower#
  Building trades 532 *
  Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 Lower#
Personal service occupations 6 No
Caring personal service occupations 61 No
  Healthcare and related personal services 611 Higher
  Childcare and related personal services 612 Lower#
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 No#
Sales and customer service occupations 7 Lower
Sales occupations 71 Lower
  Sales assistants and retail cashiers 711 Lower
  Sales related occupations 712 *
Customer service occupations 72 No
    Call centre agents/operators 7211 *
    Customer care occupations 7212 Higher
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 Lower
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 Lower
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 Lower
  Transport drivers and operatives 821 Lower#
  Mobile machine drivers and operatives 822 *
Elementary occupations 9 Lower
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 Lower
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 Lower

Notes:

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates

# Rate based on fewer than 30 sample cases


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Updated 15.09.09