Table 1.
Demographics, lifestyle, health and ISCO groupings
| ISCO 1–4 | ISCO 5–9 | |||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| N | 3498 | 3899 | 2600 | 1477 |
| Age (years) | 56.9 (5.8) | 56.2 (4.9) | 56.9 (5.5) | 56.2 (4.5) |
| Height (cm) | 181.3 (7.4) | 168.1 (6.5) | 179.7 (7.9) | 166.6 (7.1) |
| Body mass (kg) | 87.6 (15.5) | 71.8 (15.8) | 88.7 (17.5) | 72.2 (17.3) |
| Working hours/week | 41.0 (9.1) | 37.3 (7.6) | 39.1 (10.1) | 35.0 (7.4) |
| Smoking (% yes) | 14 (13 to 15) | 14 (13 to 16) | 26 (24 to 28) | 26 (24 to 29) |
| Psychosocial variables (0–100) | ||||
| Decision latitude | 80.1 (21.0) | 76.7 (21.2) | 75.7 (26.1) | 73.0 (26.9) |
| Recognition from colleagues | 76.8 (21.1) | 76.0 (20.7) | 76.9 (24.2) | 76.7 (23.8) |
| Work/life balance | 52.2 (22.8) | 50.6 (22.6) | 55.4 (25.5) | 53.4 (25.7) |
| Frequency of pain within the previous 3 months (%) | ||||
| Daily | 17.1 | 24.9 | 28.6 | 30.6 |
| Not daily | 82.9 | 75.1 | 71.4 | 69.4 |
| Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale score (%) | ||||
| Low/moderate stress (0–20) | 95.6 | 92.9 | 94.5 | 91.4 |
| High stress (20–40) | 4.4 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 8.6 |
| Level of physical activity at work (%) | ||||
| Sedentary | 70 (68 to 71) | 63 (62 to 65) | 19 (17 to 21) | 10 (8 to 12) |
| Standing or walking | 21 (20 to 23) | 26 (24 to 28) | 24 (22 to 26) | 23 (20 to 25) |
| Standing or walking with a lot of lifting or carrying | 8 (7 to 9) | 9 (8 to 10) | 43 (40 to 45) | 52 (49 to 55) |
| Heavy or fast work that is physically strenuous | 1 (1 to 2) | 1 (1 to 2) | 14 (12 to 16) | 15 (13 to 17) |
ISCO 1–4; mainly sedentary work, ISCO 5–9; mainly physical work (n=11 474).
All items, including level of physical activity, are based on self-reporting.
Values are presented as either percentage (95% CI) or mean (SD).
ISCO, International Standard Classification of Occupations.