N | % | |
Broad occupational groups of essential workers | ||
Non-essential workers | 84 948 | 70.7 |
Healthcare workers | 10 748 | 9.0 |
Social and education workers | 13 476 | 11.2 |
Other essential workers | 10 903 | 9.1 |
Detailed occupational groups of essential workers | ||
Non-essential workers | 84 948 | 70.7 |
Healthcare professionals | 1779 | 1.5 |
Medical support staff | 1295 | 1.1 |
Health associate professionals | 7674 | 6.4 |
Social care workers | 5297 | 4.4 |
Education workers | 8179 | 6.8 |
Food workers | 4499 | 3.7 |
Transport workers | 3279 | 2.7 |
Police and protective service workers | 3125 | 2.6 |
SOC 2000 major occupational groups | ||
Managers and senior officials | 23 704 | 19.7 |
Professional occupations | 25 924 | 21.6 |
Associate professional and technical occupations | 23 054 | 19.2 |
Administrative and secretarial occupations | 17 472 | 14.6 |
Skilled trades occupations | 8360 | 7.0 |
Personal service occupations | 7660 | 6.4 |
Sales and customer service occupations | 3684 | 3.1 |
Process, plant and machine operatives | 4792 | 4.0 |
Elementary occupations | 5425 | 4.5 |
Age group (current) | ||
Under 55 | 25 315 | 21.1 |
55–59 | 44 734 | 37.3 |
60+ | 50 026 | 41.7 |
Sex | ||
Female | 65 063 | 54.2 |
Male | 55 012 | 45.8 |
Ethnicity | ||
White British | 102 485 | 85.4 |
White Irish | 3205 | 2.7 |
White other | 4974 | 4.1 |
Mixed | 1218 | 1.0 |
South Asian | 3075 | 2.6 |
Black | 3268 | 2.7 |
Other | 1850 | 1.5 |
Country of birth | ||
UK and Ireland | 108 159 | 90.1 |
Elsewhere | 11 916 | 9.9 |
Education level | ||
College or university degree | 48 189 | 40.1 |
A levels/AS levels or equivalent | 16 629 | 13.8 |
O levels/GCSEs/CSEs or equivalent | 39 730 | 33.1 |
Other | 10 157 | 8.5 |
None of the above | 5370 | 4.5 |
Deprivation quartile | ||
Quartile 1 (most advantaged) | 28 488 | 23.7 |
Quartile 2 | 28 626 | 23.8 |
Quartile 3 | 31 802 | 26.5 |
Quartile 4 (least advantaged) | 31 159 | 25.9 |
Shiftwork* | ||
No | 107 072 | 89.2 |
Yes | 13 003 | 10.8 |
Manual occupation† | ||
Non-manual | 103 634 | 86.3 |
Manual | 16 441 | 13.7 |
Job tenure | ||
≤10 | 70 896 | 59.0 |
11–20 | 27 552 | 22.9 |
>20 | 21 627 | 18.0 |
Working hours | ||
<40 | 61 946 | 51.6 |
40–45 | 38 279 | 31.9 |
>45 | 19 850 | 16.5 |
Number of chronic conditions | ||
0 | 61 244 | 51.0 |
1 | 38 526 | 32.1 |
2 | 14 374 | 12.0 |
3 | 4319 | 3.6 |
4+ | 1612 | 1.3 |
Longstanding illness, disability or infirmity | ||
No | 94 410 | 78.6 |
Yes | 25 665 | 21.4 |
BMI category | ||
Underweight (<18.5) | 613 | 0.5 |
Normal weight (18.5–24.9) | 44 496 | 37.1 |
Overweight (25.0–29.9) | 48 753 | 40.6 |
Obese (≥30.0) | 26 213 | 21.8 |
Smoking status | ||
Never | 74 386 | 61.9 |
Previous | 31 684 | 26.4 |
Current | 14 005 | 11.7 |
Alcohol consumption | ||
Daily or almost daily | 20 080 | 16.7 |
Three or four times a week | 29 942 | 24.9 |
Once or twice a week | 35 273 | 29.4 |
One to three times a month | 15 779 | 13.1 |
Special occasions only | 11 985 | 10.0 |
Never (former drinker) | 2979 | 2.5 |
Never | 4037 | 3.4 |
Total | 120 075 | 100.0 |
*Participants were asked “Does your work involve shift work?”, defined as “… a work schedule that falls outside of the normal daytime working hours of 9am-5pm. This may involve working afternoons, evenings or nights or rotating through these kinds of shifts.” Participants responding ‘usually’ or ‘always’ were defined as ‘yes’ and those responding ‘never/rarely’ or ‘sometimes’ as ‘no’.
†Participants were asked “Does your work involve heavy manual or physical work?”, defined as “…work that involves handling of heavy objects and use of heavy tools”. Participants responding ‘usually’ or ‘always’ were defined as ‘manual’ and those responding ‘never/rarely’ or ‘sometimes’ as ‘non-manual’.
BMI, body mass index; SOC, Standard Occupation Classification.