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Table STROCC4_3YRSIG

Comparison of estimated incidence 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 2003/04-2005/06.

Occupation description Major, sub-major or minor 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 *
  Functional managers 113 No
  Quality and customer care managers 114 *
  Financial institution and office managers 115 Higher
  Managers in distribution, storage and retailing 116 Higher
  Protective service officers 117 *
  Health and social services managers 118 Higher#
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 No
Professional occupations 2 Higher
Science and technology professionals 21 No
Health professionals 22 *
Teaching and research professionals 23 Higher
  Teaching professionals 231 Higher
  Research professionals 232 *
Business and public service professionals 24 Higher
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 Higher
Science and technology associate professionals 31 *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 Higher
Protective service occupations 33 Higher#
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 Higher
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 No
Administrative occupations 41 No
  Administrative occupations: government and related organisations 411 Higher
  Administrative occupations: finance 412 No#
  Administrative occupations: records 413 *
  Administrative occupations: communications 414 *
  Administrative occupations: general 415 No#
Secretarial and related occupations 42 No
Skilled trades occupations 5 Lower
Personal service occupations 6 No
Caring personal service occupations 61 No
  Healthcare and related personal services 611 No
  Childcare and related personal services 612 *
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 *
Sales and customer service occupations 7 No
Sales occupations 71 Lower
  Sales assistants and retail cashiers 711 Lower
  Sales related occupations 712 *
Customer service occupations 72 No#
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 No#
  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
All occupations   ..

Notes:

..  Not applicable

*  Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

#  Rates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.