Table 4
Absence rates for full-time employees by occupation, 2011Note 1
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| IncidenceNote 2 | Inactivity rateNote 3 | Days lost per worker in yearNote 4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | |
| % | % | days | |||||||
| All occupations | 8.1 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 1.6 |
| Management | 6.1 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 1.3 |
| Business, finance and administrative | 9.5 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 1.8 |
| Professional | 7.9 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 1.8 |
| Financial and administrative | 9.0 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 1.8 |
| Clerical | 10.2 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 1.8 |
| Natural and applied sciences | 7.0 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 1.4 |
| Health | 9.9 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 2.1 |
| Professional | 6.5 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 2.1 |
| Nursing | 10.6 | 8.8 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 2.1 |
| Technical | 9.5 | 7.4 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 13.0 | 10.7 | 2.2 |
| Support staff | 10.8 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 16.6 | 14.7 | 1.9 |
| Social and public service | 9.0 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 2.0 |
| Legal, social and religious | 9.6 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 2.1 |
| Teachers and professors | 8.5 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 1.8 |
| High school and elementary | 10.3 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 2.1 |
| Other | 4.4 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 1.3 |
| Culture and recreation | 7.5 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 1.4 |
| Sales and service | 7.3 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 1.5 |
| Wholesale | 5.3 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 1.3 |
| Retail | 7.0 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 1.6 |
| Food and beverage | 5.7 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 1.3 |
| Protective services | 8.2 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 1.5 |
| Child care and home support | 9.6 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 2.5 |
| Travel and accommodation | 8.5 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 1.6 |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators | 7.8 | 5.7 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 1.6 |
| Contractors and supervisors | 5.3 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 1.2 |
| Construction trades | 8.1 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 2.0 |
| Other trades | 8.3 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 1.6 |
| Transport equipment operators | 7.1 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 1.4 |
| Helpers and labourers | 8.4 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 1.7 |
| Unique to primary industry | 6.1 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 1.6 |
| Unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 8.8 | 6.4 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 1.7 |
| Machine operators and assemblers | 8.4 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 1.6 |
| Labourers | 10.4 | 8.0 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 13.7 | 11.9 | 1.8 |
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1. Excluding maternity leave. However, men on paid paternity (in Quebec only) or parental leave are included in the calculation until 2006. 2. Absent workers divided by total. 3. Hours absent divided by hours usually worked. 4. Inactivity rate multiplied by working days in year (250). Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. |
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