Description – Chart 3 Persons who described most days at work as being quite a bit or extremely stressful, by occupational group, Canada, 2009

occupational group Females Males
percentage
Health occupations 45.8 36.2
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations 39.5 31.4
Management occupations 38.6 43.3
Social science, education, government service and religion 35.4 33.7
Art, culture, recreation and sport 33.1 22.2
Business, finance and administrative occupations 33.0 33.0
Sales and service occupations 26.3 26.0
Occupations unique to primary industry 23.1E 22.0
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 22.8 23.0
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 20.1 23.8
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Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2009.