Table 1

Occupational groups included in the CUPID study

Country	Occupational group	Response rate (%)	Number of participants analysed
Brazil (BR)	Nurses	96	184
	Office workers	97	278
	Other workers (sugarcane cutters)	61	93
Ecuador (EC)	Nurses	99	219
	Office workers	100	243
	Other workers (flower plantation)	99	227
Colombia (CO)	Office workers	89	92
Costa Rica (CR)	Nurses	91	220
	Office workers	91	223
	Other workers (telephone call centre)	94	205
Nicaragua (NI)	Nurses	100	282
	Office workers	100	285
	Other workers (machine operators)	100	197
UK (UK)	Nurses	42	256
	Office workers	45	380
	Other workers (mail sorters)	28	386
Spain (SP)	Nurses	96	667
	Office workers	98	438
Italy (IT)	Nurses	76	536
	Other workers (assembly line)	52	136
Greece (GR)	Nurses	93	224
	Office workers	99	199
	Other workers (postal clerks)	91	140
Estonia (EE)	Nurses	48	370
	Office workers	53	202
Lebanon (LB)	Nurses	96	184
	Office workers	86	172
	Other workers (food production)	98	137
Iran (IR)	Nurses	94	246
	Office workers	88	182
Pakistan (PK)	Nurses	94	187
	Office workers	100	180
	Other workers (mail sorters)	96	222
Sri Lanka (LK)	Nurses	95	236
	Office workers	63	152
	Other workers-1 (mail sorters)	100	250
	Other workers-2 (sewing machinists)	86	151
Japan (JP)	Nurses	76	592
	Office workers	81	310
	Other workers-1 (transportation operatives)	86	1017
	Other workers-2 (sales workers)	98	355
South Africa (SA)	Nurses	90	247
	Office workers	83	229
Australia (AU)	Nurses	39	250
New Zealand (NZ)	Nurses	70	177
	Office workers	52	145
	Other workers (mail sorters)	50	113