Use of outpatient and inpatient health care services by occupation—a register study of employees in Oulu, Finland

Rinne, Hanna; Laaksonen, Mikko; Blomgren, Jenni

doi:10.1186/s12913-022-07970-y

BMC Health Services Research

Table 1 The distribution of sociodemographic factors and proxies for health status by occupational group and occupation among male employees

From: Use of outpatient and inpatient health care services by occupation—a register study of employees in Oulu, Finland

	N	%	Mean age	Tertiary education %	Highest income quartile %	Married %	Chronic diseases %	Sickness absence* %
Occupational group (1-digit level)
1 Managers	1415	4.6	47.8	84	90	80	19	5
2 Professionals	10,197	32.9	42.7	87	42	60	17	5
3 Technicians and associate professionals	5618	18.1	41.9	66	21	54	18	8
4 Clerical support workers	1067	3.4	41.0	34	6	41	21	10
5 Service and sales workers	3340	10.8	39.8	17	5	42	17	9
6 Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	96	0.3	43.6	14	4	41	22	14
7 Craft and related trades workers	4670	15.1	40.6	7	6	43	16	10
8 Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	3493	11.3	42.1	10	13	45	19	12
9 Elementary occupations	1079	3.5	39.3	14	2	35	17	11
Occupation (2-digit-level, 20 most common occupations)
13 Production and specialised services managers	721	2.3	47.6	87	90	79	20	5
21 Science and engineering professionals	3995	12.9	42.5	92	46	61	15	4
22 Health professionals	642	2.1	42.1	92	76	64	17	6
23 Teaching professionals	1629	5.3	46.1	85	30	65	21	6
24 Business and administration professionals	1021	3.3	43.4	81	48	63	19	6
25 Information and communications technology professionals	2426	7.8	40.0	82	37	54	15	4
31 Science and engineering associate professionals	2271	7.3	41.5	72	22	53	17	7
32 Health associate professionals	548	1.8	40.3	82	5	54	18	14
33 Business and administration associate professionals	1758	5.7	43.8	63	31	60	19	6
34 Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals	572	1.8	41.4	42	6	45	20	11
51 Personal service workers	943	3.0	42.0	10	2	42	20	9
52 Sales workers	1414	4.6	38.4	24	9	42	16	7
53 Personal care workers	493	1.6	40.7	12	2	37	21	12
54 Protective services workers	490	1.6	38.9	14	4	49	15	13
71 Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians	2107	6.8	40.0	6	6	46	15	10
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers	1423	4.6	41.7	6	5	43	17	11
74 Electrical and electronic trades workers	884	2.9	39.8	9	9	40	17	9
81 Stationary plant and machine operators	1103	3.6	42.3	15	27	47	19	14
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators	1968	6.4	41.9	7	6	44	19	11
93 Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport	630	2.0	39.6	13	3	35	19	13
All	30,975	100.0	41.9	50	25	52	18	8

^*At least one sickness absence day

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