Table STROCC4_3YR - Averaged 2005/06-2007/08
Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupation, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2005/06-2007/08
Note: Comparison of averaged 3 year estimates over time involving estimates based on overlapping time periods will not provide a robust indication of change over time.
- 2005/06-2007/08
- 2004/05-2006/07
- 2003/04-2005/06
| Occupation description + | Major, sub-major, minor or unit group^ | Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample cases | Averaged estimated incidence (thousands) | Averaged rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months | ||||||||
| central | 95% C.I. | central | 95% C.I. | |||||||
| lower | upper | lower | upper | |||||||
| Managers and senior officials | 1 | 208 | 39 | 33 | 44 | 880 | 760 | 1000 | ||
| Corporate managers | 11 | 168 | 31 | 26 | 36 | 890 | 750 | 1030 | ||
| Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services | 12 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 840 | 580 | 1100 | ||
| Professional occupations | 2 | 182 | 33 | 28 | 38 | 870 | 740 | 1000 | ||
| Science and technology professionals | 21 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 510 | 320 | 710 | ||
| Health professionals | 22 | 10 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Teaching and research professionals | 23 | 101 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 1260 | 1010 | 1510 | ||
| Teaching professionals | 231 | 100 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 1330 | 1070 | 1600 | ||
| Research professionals | 232 | 1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Business and public service professionals | 24 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 780 | 540 | 1020 | ||
| Associate professional and technical occupations | 3 | 207 | 38 | 33 | 43 | 900 | 780 | 1030 | ||
| Science and technology associate professionals | 31 | 11 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Health and social welfare associate professionals | 32 | 84 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 1350 | 1060 | 1640 | ||
| Health associate professionals | 321 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1070 | 750 | 1390 | ||
| Therapists | 322 | 14 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Social welfare associate professionals | 323 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1840 | 1130 | 2540 | ||
| Protective service occupations | 33 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1190 | 700 | 1680 | ||
| Culture, media and sports occupations | 34 | 12 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Business and public service associate professionals | 35 | 77 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 890 | 690 | 1090 | ||
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | 4 | 141 | 26 | 22 | 30 | 740 | 620 | 870 | ||
| Administrative occupations | 41 | 115 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 780 | 640 | 930 | ||
| Administrative occupations: government and related organisations | 411 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 950 | 590 | 1300 | ||
| Administrative occupations: finance | 412 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 770 | 510 | 1020 | ||
| Administrative occupations: records | 413 | 18 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Administrative occupations: communications | 414 | 5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Administrative occupations: general | 415 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 800 | 500 | 1090 | ||
| Secretarial and related occupations | 42 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 620 | 380 | 860 | ||
| Skilled trades occupations | 5 | 50 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 300 | 220 | 380 | ||
| Personal service occupations | 6 | 102 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 800 | 640 | 960 | ||
| Caring personal service occupations | 61 | 80 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 800 | 620 | 980 | ||
| Leisure and other personal service occupations | 62 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 820 | 450 | 1180 | ||
| Sales and customer service occupations | 7 | 62 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 500 | 370 | 630 | ||
| Sales occupations | 71 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 390 | 260 | 510 | ||
| Sales assistants and retail cashiers | 711 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 380 | 250 | 510 | ||
| Sales related occupations | 712 | 5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Customer service occupations | 72 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1040 | 600 | 1480 | ||
| Call centre agents/operators | 7211 | 1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Customer care occupations | 7212 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1320 | 750 | 1890 | ||
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 8 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 370 | 250 | 480 | ||
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 81 | 18 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives | 82 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 380 | 220 | 540 | ||
| Transport drivers and operatives | 821 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 400 | 220 | 570 | ||
| Mobile machine drivers and operatives | 822 | 3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Elementary occupations | 9 | 62 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 340 | 250 | 420 | ||
| Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations | 91 | 16 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Elementary administration and service occupations | 92 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 350 | 240 | 450 | ||
| Missing | 1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job) | 1056 | 197 | 184 | 209 | 660 | 620 | 710 | |||
| Other job caused illness# | 142 | 27 | 22 | 31 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Total (illness ascribed to any job) | 1198 | 223 | 210 | 236 | 750 | 710 | 800 | |||
Notes:
.. Not applicable
* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.
+ Details of Standard Occupational Classification (2000)
^Within occupation major groups, some sub-major, minor and unit group information has been provided where some of the categories have sufficiently large sample cases to provide reliable estimates.
# 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.
Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

