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Table STROCC5 - 2004/05

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work in 2004/05 due to self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work, by occupational major group

Occupation description + Major group Illness ascribed to any job
Sample cases # Days lost (thousands)
central 95% C.I.
lower upper
Managers and senior officials 1 103 2391 1565 3217
Professional occupations 2 96 1453 965 1941
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 102 2715 1870 3560
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 88 1766 1236 2297
Skilled trades occupations 5 20 659 220 1097
Personal service occupations 6 36 755 397 1113
Sales and customer service occupations 7 48 1053 603 1503
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 24 700 303 1096
Elementary occupations 9 34 1307 699 1915
Missing/unknown   2 .. .. ..
All occupations   553 12820 11100 14540

Notes:

  • Definitions and data reliability
  • .. Not applicable
  • Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases
  • # For people taking time off work
  • + See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification
  • See section 2.9 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on days lost calculations.
  • The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.

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Updated 12.05.08