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Table 1 Characteristics of 115,451 people less than 65 years of age in 2020 who reported job titles at UK Biobank assessment centers in England

From: Occupational characteristics associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK Biobank during August–November 2020: a cohort study

Characteristic

N (%)/Median (IQR)

Approximate Age by March 2020 in years, Median (IQR)

58 (55,62)

Male Sex, N (%)

55,223 (47.83)

Race, N (%)a

 White

105,373 (91.27)

 Black

3194(2.77)

 Asian

3800(3.29)

 Mixed

1203 (1.04)

 Unknown

1881 (1.63)

Townsend deprivation index, Median (IQR)a

−1.9(−3.5,0.8)

Highest Level of Education, N(%)

 College/University

44,535 (38.57)

 Other professional qualifications (e.g. nursing, teaching)

13,670 (11.84)

 NVQ, HND, HNC, or equivalent

19,620 (16.99)

 A levels/AS levels or equivalent

7848 (6.80)

 O levels/GCSEs/CSEs or equivalent

22,464 (19.46)

 None of the above

5648 (4.89)

 Unknown

1666 (1.44)

Number in household, N(%)a

 1

16,534 (14.32)

 2

28,560 (24.74)

 3

23,746 (20.57)

 4

33,231 (28.78)

 5+

12,773 (11.06)

 Unknown

604 (0.52)

Average total household income before tax, N(%)a

  < 18,000

9766 (8.46)

 18,000 to 30,999

19,895 (17.23)

 31,000 to 51,999

33,493 (29.01)

 52,000 to 100,000

33,052 (28.63)

  > 100,000

8638 (7.48)

 Unknown

10,607 (9.19)

Major Occupational Groups, N(%)b

 Managers and Senior Officials

23,697 (20.53)

 Professional Occupations

24,908 (21.57)

 Associate Professional and Technical Occupations

17,860 (15.47)

 Administrative and Secretarial Occupations

17,997 (15.59)

 Skilled Trades Occupations

8811 (7.63)

 Personal Service Occupations

7254 (6.28)

 Sales and Customer Service Occupations

3919 (3.39)

 Process, Plant and Machine Operatives

5069 (4.39)

 Elementary Occupations

5936 (5.14)

  1. aRace unknown for 1881 people. Townsend Deprivation Index missing for 187 people. Number in household missing for 604 people. Average total household income before tax missing for 10,607 people
  2. bMajor group classifications based on UK Standard Occupational Classification 2000
  3. IQR Interquartile range