Table 2.
Characteristics of workers participating in the French Pays de la Loire study
| MEN | WOMEN | ALTOGETHER | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| Study population | 2,162 | (58.3) | 1,548 | (41.7) | 3,710 | (100) |
| Age (years) (n = 3,703) | ||||||
| • < 30 | 514 | (23.8) | 361 | (23.3) | 875 | (23.6) |
| • 30–35 | 344 | (16.0) | 228 | (14.8) | 572 | (15.5) |
| • 35–39 | 307 | (14.2) | 201 | (13.0) | 508 | (13.7) |
| • 40–44 | 311 | (14.4) | 250 | (16.2) | 561 | (15.2) |
| • 45–49 | 301 | (14.0) | 237 | (15.3) | 538 | (14.5) |
| • 50–54 | 265 | (12.3) | 186 | (12.0) | 451 | (12.2) |
| • ≥ 55 | 114 | (5.3) | 84 | (5.4) | 198 | (5.3) |
| Economic sector (n = 3,701) | ||||||
| • Agriculture | 31 | (1.4) | 25 | (1.6) | 56 | (1.5) |
| • Industry | 859 | (39.8) | 401 | (26.0) | 1,260 | (34.0) |
| • Construction | 189 | (8.8) | 25 | (1.6) | 214 | (5.8) |
| • Services | 1,078 | (50.0) | 1,093 | (70.8) | 2,171 | (58.7) |
| Occupation (n = 3,705) | ||||||
| • Farmers (1) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| • Craftsmen (1) | 13 | (0.6) | 3 | (0.2) | 16 | (0.4) |
| • Managers and professionals | 210 | (9.7) | 78 | (5.0) | 288 | (7.8) |
| • Associate professionals and technicians | 540 | (25.0) | 289 | (18.7) | 829 | (22.4) |
| • Low-grade white-collar workers | 188 | (8.7) | 798 | (51.7) | 986 | (26.6) |
| • Skilled and unskilled blue-collar workers | 1,209 | (56.0) | 377 | (24.4) | 1,586 | (42.8) |
(1)
Farmers and most craftsmen are not surveyed by the occupational physicians in France.