Table 1

Baseline characteristics of those aged 30–60 years (A) men (n=574 617) and (B) women (n=561 037)

ISCO-88 code	Occupational group	Education (%)						Sector of employment (%)
ISCO-88 code	Occupational group	%	Age	Primary	Secondary	Lower tertiary	Higher tertiary	Private	Public	Self-employed
(A) Men
	Upper-level non-manual occupations
11, 12, 13	Managers	5.8	46.3	6.7	17.2	26.4	49.7	79.7	19.0	1.4
21, 22, 24	Professionals	13.5	43.9	4.1	15.9	18.5	61.5	66.6	26.2	7.2
23	Teaching professionals	4.0	45.2	3.6	15.2	22.3	58.9	16.8	79.0	4.2
	Lower-level non-manual occupations
31	Physical and engineering science technicians	8.3	44.4	8.3	26.4	42.3	23.0	76.4	15.3	8.3
32	Environmental officers and nurses	1.0	43.4	5.2	17.2	59.1	18.5	39.1	48.3	12.7
33, 34	Finance and sales associate professionals and administrative secretaries	8.7	44.6	16.1	33.2	36.3	14.4	59.2	15.4	25.5
41	Office clerks	3.2	44.7	29.3	41.8	21.6	7.3	76.0	21.4	2.6
42	Customer services clerks	0.3	41.7	13.3	36.2	40.6	9.9	83.9	7.3	8.8
51	Service workers	3.9	42.4	19.2	64.9	13.1	2.8	41.7	40.2	18.1
52	Shop workers	2.3	42.8	30.4	45.1	22.0	2.5	93.0	0.2	6.9
	Manual occupations
61, 92	Agricultural and fishery workers	6.0	46.8	32.7	56.0	8.6	2.7	8.4	7.3	84.4
71	Construction workers, electricians and plumbers	8.3	44.7	31.19	64.0	3.8	1.0	69.7	6.3	24.1
72	Metal and machinery workers	10.8	45.0	17.1	77.2	4.4	1.3	79.9	6.7	13.4
73, 74	Craft workers	2.0	44.7	26.2	60.8	10.6	2.4	73.7	3.5	22.8
81	Chemical, wood and metal processing workers	3.3	44.6	30.8	62.7	5.3	1.2	94.1	3.6	2.3
82	Machine operators and assemblers	4.6	43.4	32.8	59.8	6.0	1.4	94.7	0.5	4.8
83	Professional drivers	8.0	45.1	43.4	51.8	4.1	0.7	69.9	7.6	22.6
91	Building caretakers, cleaners, assistant nurses and kitchen workers	2.9	45.2	35.0	57.4	5.8	1.8	57.4	38.9	3.7
93	Unskilled transport, construction and manufacturing workers	3.2	44.1	39.0	53.8	6.2	1.0	88.9	10.0	1.1
(B) Women
	Upper-level non-manual occupations
11, 12, 13	Managers	2.8	46.2	3.9	15.9	42.1	38.1	56.9	42.2	0.9
21, 22, 24	Professionals	10.2	44.2	3.1	12.6	31.1	53.2	41.4	51.7	6.9
23	Teaching professionals	8.3	44.0	1.6	8.1	36.2	54.1	10.3	87.1	2.6
	Lower-level non-manual occupations
31	Physical and engineering science technicians	1.9	43.4	11.1	37.6	31.0	20.3	70.3	24.5	5.3
32	Environmental officers and nurses	7.6	44.0	1.5	7.9	77.0	13.6	22.3	73.5	4.2
33, 34	Finance and sales associate professionals and administrative secretaries	12.6	45.1	13.3	30.1	48.5	8.1	54.5	33.7	11.8
41	Office clerks	10.6	46.0	19.4	31.9	45.7	3.0	56.8	42.0	1.2
42	Customer services clerks	3.2	46.7	19.9	38.6	39.9	1.6	82.3	16.6	1.2
51	Service workers	18.7	45.5	14.6	74.4	9.3	1.7	25.5	62.4	12.2
52	Shop workers	5.0	43.8	32.4	46.7	19.7	1.2	98.5	0.4	1.1
	Manual occupations
61, 92	Agricultural and fishery workers	3.2	46.2	23.5	57.4	16.2	2.9	8.2	10.9	80.9
71	Construction workers, electricians and plumbers	0.4	45.9	33.4	51.2	13.8	1.6	62.3	2.4	35.3
72	Metal and machinery workers	1.1	45.5	31.8	54.2	11.6	2.4	79.6	5.8	14.6
73, 74	Craft workers	1.2	46.0	24.7	59.5	14.2	1.6	67.3	4.1	28.7
81	Chemical, wood and metal processing workers	0.8	45.6	39.0	52.1	7.6	1.3	97.8	1.0	1.1
82	Machine operators and assemblers	3.2	45.6	39.3	52.5	7.3	0.9	93.7	3.4	2.9
83	Professional drivers	0.5	45.9	36.1	49.9	13.2	0.8	54.6	9.2	36.3
91	Building caretakers, cleaners, assistant nurses and kitchen workers	7.8	47.5	35.3	59.7	4.4	0.6	39.0	59.6	1.4
93	Unskilled transport, construction and manufacturing workers	1.2	45.7	43.5	48.2	7.6	0.7	93.0	6.1	1.0

ISCO, International Standard Classification of Occupations.