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Table 6 Descriptive statistics of job categories for men and women according to ISCO-88

From: A cross-sectional study of the relationship between job demand-control, effort-reward imbalance and cardiovascular heart disease risk factors

Job category

Men

Women

 

n (%)

n (%)

White-collar work

  

Executive work

78 (12.2)

39 (5.8)

High skilled academics

160 (25.1)

166 (24.9)

Low skilled academics

101 (17.8)

118 (17.7)

Office and client service work

49 (7.7)

130 (19.5)

Care and retail service work

26 (4.1)

134 (20.1)

Total

372 (68.7)

507 (90.2)

Blue-collar work

  

Farming, gardening and foresting

6 (0.9)

2 (0.3)

Construction and installation work

97 (15.2)

6 (0.9)

Machine operators and transport

60 (9.4)

8 (1.2)

Work that does require any training

35 (5.5)

39 (5.8)

Total

170 (31.3)

55 (9.8)