Table 3-3
Absence rates for full-time employees by occupation
and sex — Females, 20101
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| Incidence | Inactivity rate | Days lost per worker in year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | |
| percent | days | ||||||||
| Management | 7.0 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 1.8 |
| Business, finance and administrative | 9.9 | 6.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 2.1 |
| Business professionals | 8.5 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 1.8 |
| Administrative | 9.7 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 2.1 |
| Clerical | 10.4 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 2.2 |
| Natural and applied sciences | 9.6 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 2.4 |
| Health | 10.6 | 8.4 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 0.9 | 14.7 | 12.5 | 2.1 |
| Health professional | 7.6 | 4.9 | F | 3.1 | 2.4 | F | 7.7 | 6.1 | F |
| Nursing | 11.1 | 9.2 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 16.4 | 14.2 | 2.2 |
| Technical occupations in health | 10.6 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 12.8 | 10.4 | 2.4 |
| Support staff in health | 11.0 | 8.9 | 2.1 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 16.3 | 14.2 | 2.0 |
| Social and public service | 10.4 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 10.9 | 8.8 | 2.1 |
| Legal, social and religious workers | 10.8 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 1.8 |
| Teachers and professors | 10.0 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 2.3 |
| Secondary and elementary teachers | 11.1 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 11.2 | 8.5 | 2.7 |
| Other teachers and professors | 6.2 | 4.5 | F | 2.7 | 2.3 | F | 6.7 | 5.8 | F |
| Culture and recreation | 9.6 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 2.4 |
| Sales and service | 8.4 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 2.0 |
| Wholesale | 10.0 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 2.2 |
| Retail | 8.1 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 2.0 |
| Food and beverage | 7.3 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 2.3 |
| Protective services | 10.0 | 8.3 | F | 5.6 | 4.9 | F | 14.0 | 12.2 | F |
| Childcare and home support | 10.0 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 3.0 |
| Travel and accommodation | 8.5 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 1.7 |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators | 10.1 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 13.5 | 11.6 | 1.9 |
| Contractors and supervisors | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Construction trades | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Other trades | 8.8 | 6.6 | F | 4.5 | 4.0 | F | 11.3 | 10.0 | F |
| Transportation equipment operators | 10.4 | 9.5 | F | 7.4 | 7.0 | F | 18.4 | 17.4 | F |
| Helpers and labourers | 11.4 | 7.9 | F | 4.6 | 3.6 | F | 11.6 | 9.1 | F |
| Occupations unique to primary industry | 7.8 | F | F | 3.1 | F | F | 7.7 | F | F |
| Occupations unique to production | 11.7 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 1.8 |
| Machine operators and assemblers | 10.8 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 1.9 |
| Labourers | 14.4 | 12.4 | F | 8.5 | 7.9 | F | 21.3 | 19.8 | F |
Excluding maternity leave.
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