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. 2014 May 25;8(4):313–318. doi: 10.1007/s11832-014-0594-z

Table 3.

Paternal and maternal occupations among the cases and controls

Occupations Cases (N = 105) Controls (N = 135) Test P
Paternal occupations
 Professionals 14 (16.5) 32 (24.1) 4.1 0.01
 Technicians and associate professionals 16 (12.4) 18 (13.3) 0.1 0.42
 Clerks 7 (10.7) 26 (19.3) 7.1 0.00
 Service workers and shop and market sales workers 4 (3.7) 7 (5.2) 0.6 0.54
 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 20 (17.8) 12 (8.9) 8.6 0.00
 Craft and related trades workers 30 (26.0) 24 (17.7) 5.2 0.05
 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 11 (10.3) 10 (7.0) 1.7 0.19
 Elementary occupations 2 (1.2) 5 (4.1) 3.9 0.07
 Armed forces 1 (0.8) 1 (1.1) 0.1 0.98
Maternal occupations
 Non-employed 89 (84.8) 103 (84.4) 6.84 0.15
 Professionals 11 (10.5) 12 (7.8)
 Clerks 1 (0.9) 5 (2.2)
 Service workers and shop and market sales workers 1 (0.9) 0 (0.0)
 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 3 (2.9) 15 (5.6)

Data are presented as the number of cases or controls, with the percentage in parenthesis