Table 4. Frequency distribution of the reported pre-SCI job types (n = 283) and post-SCI job types (n = 717) across ISCO-08 major groups, stratified by selected socio-demographic and injury-related factors.
| ISCO-08 major group (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | – | ||
| Parameter [n missing] | Total n (%) | Managers | Profes-sionals | Technicians and Associate Profes-sionals | Clerical Support Workers | Services and Sales Workers | Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers | Craft and Related Workers | Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers | Elemen-tary Occu-pations | Unde-finable |
| Pre-injury job types | 283 (100.0) | 9.5 | 16.3 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 4.2 | 26.5 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Sex [0] | |||||||||||
| Male | 207 (100.0) | 9.7 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 34.8 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| Female | 76 (100.0) | 9.2 | 21.1 | 11.8 | 23.7 | 21.1 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 0 | 2.6 | 5.3 |
| Lesion severity [1] | |||||||||||
| Paraplegia, complete | 91 (100.0) | 8.8 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 7.7 | 26.4 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| Paraplegia, incomplete | 104 (100.0) | 8.6 | 21.9 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 14.3 | 1.9 | 21.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 4.8 |
| Tetraplegia, complete | 37 (100.0) | 11.1 | 13.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 38.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Tetraplegia, incomplete | 50 (100.0) | 12.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 30.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Age at injury [1] | |||||||||||
| < 16 years | 2 (100.0) | 0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16–24 years | 88 (100.0) | 4.5 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 14.8 | 12.5 | 3.4 | 40.9 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 25–39 years | 114 (100.0) | 10.5 | 20.2 | 19.3 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 5.3 | 20.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| 40–54 years | 67 (100.0) | 14.9 | 17.9 | 13.4 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 20.9 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 55–64 years | 11 (100.0) | 9.1 | 36.4 | 9.1 | 18.2 | 0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Post-injury job types | 717 (100.0) | 14.6 | 31.2 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| Sex [0] | |||||||||||
| Male | 551 (100.0) | 17.2 | 29.4 | 20.0 | 15.1 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| Female | 166 (100.0) | 6.0 | 37.3 | 13.9 | 32.5 | 2.4 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Age at survey (years) [0] | |||||||||||
| 16–24 years | 30 (100.0) | 0 | 6.7 | 43.3 | 33.3 | 3.3 | 0 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 0 | 3.3 |
| 25–39 years | 171 (100.0) | 8.8 | 36.3 | 23.4 | 18.7 | 1.8 | 0 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| 40–54 years | 345 (100.0) | 16.8 | 27.8 | 17.1 | 20.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 55–63/64 years | 155 (100.0) | 17.4 | 36.8 | 11.6 | 14.2 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| ≥ 64/65 years | 16 (100.0) | 31.1 | 43.8 | 18.8 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lesion severity [9] | |||||||||||
| Paraplegia, complete | 259 (100.0) | 14.7 | 29.0 | 23.2 | 24.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Paraplegia, incomplete | 252 (100.0) | 15.1 | 29.4 | 15.5 | 13.5 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| Tetraplegia, complete | 72 (100.0) | 9.7 | 45.8 | 18.1 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0 |
| Tetraplegia, incomplete | 125 (100.0) | 16.0 | 33.6 | 15.2 | 17.6 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Age at injury [12] | |||||||||||
| < 16 years | 61 (100.0) | 11.5 | 32.8 | 19.7 | 27.9 | 1.6 | 0 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0 | 1.6 |
| 16–24 years | 277 (100.0) | 10.5 | 31.8 | 23.1 | 21.7 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| 25–39 years | 237 (100.0) | 18.6 | 29.1 | 15.2 | 19.4 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
| 40–54 years | 106 (100.0) | 16.0 | 35.8 | 13.2 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 2.8 | 5.7 |
| 55–64 years | 22 (100.0) | 18.2 | 31.8 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 4.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| ≥ 64/65 years | 2 (100.0) | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes: Percentages were calculated based on the slightly inflated total frequencies of the stratification variables. This was the case because 16 work module participants reported more than one pre-SCI job title and 36 basic module participants indicated more than one post-SCI job title, and thus socio-demographic and injury-related stratification variables may have been used more than once in the analysis (which was based on the total number of job titles reported). Percentages within categories may not always sum up to 100% due to rounding differences.
A list of the pre- and post-SCI job types on the more detailed ISCO-08 unit group level can be received from the first author upon request.