Table 3.
Distribution of ISCO occupational codes according to probability and frequency.
| ISCO occupational codes, n (%) | Probability | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unexposed | Possible | Probable | Very probable | |||||||||||||
| Frequencya | Frequencya | Frequency | ||||||||||||||
| Sporadic | Sporadic | Occasional | Sporadic | Occasional | Regular | Continuous | ||||||||||
| Major group of ISCO classificationb | ||||||||||||||||
| 0/1. Professional, technical, and related workers (N = 364) | 241 | (66.2) | 25 | (6.9) | 32 | (8.8) | 13 | (3.5) | 8 | (2.2) | 29 | (8.0) | 12 | (3.3) | 4 | (1.1) |
| 2. Administrative and managerial workers (N = 12) | 12 | (100.0) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. Clerical and related workers (N = 86) | 76 | (88.4) | 3 | (3.4) | 1 | (1.2) | 5 | (5.8) | 1 | (1.2) | ||||||
| 4. Sales workers (N = 32) | 22 | (68.8) | 1 | (3.1) | 3 | (9.4) | 6 | (18.7) | ||||||||
| 5. Service workers (N = 94) | 50 | (53.2) | 23 | (24.5) | 7 | (7.4) | 2 | (2.1) | 2 | (2.1) | 6 | (6.4) | 4 | (4.3) | . | . |
| 6. Agricultural, animal husbandry and forestry workers, fishermen, and hunters (N = 66) | 4 | (6.1) | 1 | (1.5) | 1 | (1.5) | 6 | (9.1) | 36 | (54.5) | 17 | (25.8) | 1 | (1.5) | ||
| 7/8/9. Production and related workers, transport equipment operators, and labourers (N = 926) | 340 | (36.7) | 64 | (6.9) | 3 | (0.3) | 85 | (9.2) | 116 | (12.5) | 179 | (19.4) | 139 | (15.0) | ||
| All occupational codes (N = 1580) | 745 | (47.2) | 117 | (7.4) | 44 | (2.8) | 114 | (7.2) | 10 | (0.6) | 194 | (12.3) | 212 | (13.4) | 144 | (9.1) |
aNot presented: empty cells corresponding to other frequency categories.
bMajor groups as defined in the ISCO classification.