Table 1. Employment categories of actively working patients with surgically treated idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome (aged 25–59 years).

	Women (n = 7535)	Men (n = 1266)	Overall (n = 8801)
White-collar workers	886	189	1075
Managers	10	4	14
Self-employed professionals	49	26	75
Entrepreneurs	22	12	34
Clerical workers	570	102	672
Associate professionals	235	45	280
Blue-collar (and “mixed-collar”)	3330	1077	4407
workers
Skilled/unskilled manual workers*	1011	413	1424
Service workers†	1498	407	1905
Home-based workers†	154	1	155
Self-employed workers†	667	256	923
Housewives	3319	–	3319

*Includes apprentices; †categories may include some “mixed-collar” workers.