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Table 2 Distributions of Occupational Characteristics derived from O*NET

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

Occupational Characteristics

N (%)/Median (IQR)

Total Population

People with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test

Total N

115,451

1746

Exposed to Disease or Infections Score, Median (IQR)

1.36(1.17, 2.11)

1.41 (1.18, 2.18)

Outdoors, Exposed to Weather Score, Median (IQR)

1.73(1.29, 2.77)

1.96 (1.34, 2.92)

Outdoors, Under Cover Score, Median (IQR)

1.41(1.15, 1.93)

1.47 (1.15, 2.05)

Physical Proximity Score, Median (IQR)

3.13(2.83, 3.78)

3.21 (2.89, 3.87)

Work can be done remotely [Dingel index]a, n(%)

 Yes

62,293(53.90)

797 (45.65)

 Maybe

7839(6.78)

110 (6.30)

 No

45,449(39.32)

839 (48.05)

Work can be done remotely [Baker index]a, n(%)

 Yes

27,531(23.8)

335 (19.19)

 No

88,050(76.2)

1411 (80.81)

  1. a20,249 people had jobs that were identified as ‘Yes’ remote work by the Dingel index and ‘Yes’ remote work by the Baker index, including 230 people with a SARS-CoV-2 test
  2. IQR Interquartile range, O*NET Occupational information network