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Table 8 Professions of the teacher and control groups

From: Do teachers have more health problems? Results from a French cross-sectional survey

Professions

n

%

Teachers (N = 3,679)

   Nursery school

401

10.9

   Elementary school

934

25.4

   Intermediate school

868

23.6

   Regular secondary school

422

11.5

   Vocational secondary school

464

12.6

   Special education school

118

3.2

   Post-secondary school

351

9.5

   Other

122

3.3

Controls (N = 1,817)

   Headmaster, principal, school inspector

165

9.1

   School counselor, school psychologist, documentalist

91

5.0

   Professional occupation

49

2.7

   Craftsman, shopkeeper, company head, farmer

50

2.8

   Executive, manager

334

18.4

   Health professional, social worker

112

6.2

   Technician, supervisor

154

8.5

   Office worker, shop assistant

367

20.2

   Worker, maintenance personnel

458

25.2

   Other

36

1.9

  1. n = number of cases in each category for each group. % = proportion of cases in each category for each group. For example, physician, dentist, pharmacist, lawyer...