TABLE 2.
Categories and Industries of Jobs Held the Longest by Cases and Controls
| Controls N =457
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Cases N =655
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| Categories and Industries of Jobs Held the Longest | Women, N = 229 n (%) | Men, N = 228 n (%) | Women, N = 323 n (%) | Men, N = 332 n (%) |
| Category of job held the longest | ||||
| Professional-technical-managerial | 122 (53.3) | 102 (44.7) | 100 (31.0) | 116 (34.9) |
| Clerical-sales | 59 (25.8) | 25 (10.9) | 106 (32.8) | 37 (11.1) |
| Service* | 25 (10.9) | 26 (11.4) | 61 (18.9) | 43 (13.0) |
| Agricultural-fishery-forestry-related | 0 | 3 (1.3) | 1 (0.3) | 7 (2.1) |
| Processing | 3 (1.3) | 4 (1.8) | 4 (1.2) | 13 (3.9) |
| Machine trades | 3 (1.3) | 23 (10.1) | 6 (1.9) | 24 (7.2) |
| Benchwork | 7 (3.0) | 4 (1.8) | 7 (2.2) | 5 (1.5) |
| Structural work | 0 | 21 (9.2) | 4 (1.2) | 45 (13.6) |
| Miscellaneous† | 10 (4.4) | 20 (8.8) | 34 (10.5) | 42 (12.7) |
| Industry of job held the longest | ||||
| Agriculture-mining-utilities | 4 (1.7) | 8 (3.5) | 9 (2.8) | 10 (3.0) |
| Construction | 0 | 12 (5.3) | 4 (1.2) | 33 (10.0) |
| Manufacturing | 15 (6.5) | 34 (14.9) | 33 (10.2) | 65 (19.6) |
| Wholesale-retail trade | 17 (7.4) | 15 (6.6) | 30 (9.3) | 34 (10.3) |
| Transportation-warehousing | 4 (1.7) | 25 (10.9) | 12 (3.7) | 31 (9.4) |
| Information-finance-real estate | 21 (9.2) | 18 (7.9) | 26 (8.1) | 29 (8.8) |
| Administration support-waste management | 0 | 5 (2.2) | 11 (3.4) | 12 (3.6) |
| Educational services | 45 (19.7) | 16 (7.0) | 28 (8.7) | 8 (2.4) |
| Healthcare-social assistance | 45 (19.7) | 7 (3.1) | 46 (14.2) | 8 (2.4) |
| Art-entertainment-recreation | 3 (1.3) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) |
| Accommodations-food services | 6 (2.6) | 2 (0.9) | 31 (9.6) | 6 (1.8) |
| Services (except public service) | 21 (9.2) | 8 (3.5) | 32 (9.9) | 7 (2.1) |
| Public service-administration | 34 (14.9) | 57 (25.0) | 39 (12.1) | 63 (19.0) |
| Professional-technical-managerial | 14 (6.11) | 20 (8.8) | 20 (6.2) | 23 (6.9) |
| ETS‡ exposure at work for >5 yr | ||||
| No | 128 (55.9) | 82 (36.0) | 132 (40.9) | 75 (22.7) |
| Yes | 101 (44.1) | 146 (64.0) | 191 (59.1) | 256 (77.3) |
*
Includes domestic, food, lodging, recreation, cosmetology, laundry, and protective service occupations.
†
Includes truck driver, transportation, packaging, and material handling occupations.
‡
Environmental tobacco smoke.