Table 1.1.10
Relative popularity of health occupations among youth, by sex,
Alberta, 2000
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| Total10 | Male | Female | ||||||||||
| number | standard error | % | standard error | number | standard error | % | standard error | number | standard error | % | standard error | |
| All 15 years olds | 36,180 | (743) | 100.0 | (0.0) | 18,780 | (518) | 100.0 | (0.0) | 17,390 | (561) | 100.0 | (0.0) |
| All occupations | 27,930 | (640) | 77.2 | (0.8) | 14,150 | (457) | 75.4 | (1.2) | 13,770 | (504) | 79.2 | (1.1) |
| Natural and applied sciences and related occupations8 | 5,640 | (294) | 15.6 | (0.8) | 4,260 | (251) | 22.7 | (1.3) | 1,380 | (138) | 7.9 | (0.7) |
| Health occupations1 | 5,000 | (267) | 13.8 | (0.7) | 1,400 | (153) | 7.4 | (0.8) | 3,600 | (234) | 20.7 | (1.1) |
| Professional occupations in health2 | 3,910 | (237) | 10.8 | (0.6) | 1,300 | (146) | 6.9 | (0.7) | 2,610 | (198) | 15.0 | (1.0) |
| Physicians3,4 | 2,510 | (205) | 6.9 | (0.6) | 930 | (124) | 4.9 | (0.6) | 1,580 | (158) | 9.1 | (0.9) |
| Nurse supervisors and registered nurses | 420 E | (82) | 1.2 E | (0.2) | x | ... | x | ... | 410 E | (81) | 2.3 E | (0.5) |
| Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport | 4,820 | (273) | 13.3 | (0.7) | 2,420 | (203) | 12.9 | (1.0) | 2,400 | (199) | 13.8 | (1.1) |
| Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion9 | 3,820 | (223) | 10.5 | (0.6) | 1,140 | (123) | 6.1 | (0.6) | 2,670 | (190) | 15.4 | (1.0) |
| Sales and service occupations | 2,820 | (219) | 7.8 | (0.6) | 1,310 | (141) | 7.0 | (0.7) | 1,510 | (162) | 8.7 | (0.9) |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations | 1,780 | (167) | 4.9 | (0.5) | 1,650 | (161) | 8.8 | (0.8) | 130 E | (41) | 0.8 E | (0.2) |
| Management occupations6 | 830 | (112) | 2.3 | (0.3) | 640 | (97) | 3.4 | (0.5) | 180 E | (59) | 1.1 E | (0.3) |
| Selected health-related occupations4,5 | 830 | (94) | 2.3 | (0.3) | F | ... | F | ... | 730 | (88) | 4.2 | (0.5) |
| Psychologists | 690 | (96) | 1.9 | (0.3) | F | ... | F | ... | 600 | (89) | 3.5 | (0.5) |
| Social workers | 120 E | (37) | 0.3 E | (0.1) | .. | ... | .. | ... | 120 E | (37) | 0.7 E | (0.2) |
| Veterinarians and animal health technologists4 | 830 | (122) | 2.3 | (0.3) | 110 E | (37) | 0.6 E | (0.2) | 720 | (116) | 4.1 | (0.6) |
| Business, finance and administrative occupations7 | 650 | (95) | 1.8 | (0.3) | 360 E | (71) | 1.9 E | (0.4) | 300 E | (66) | 1.7 E | (0.4) |
| Occupations unique to primary industry | 490 E | (100) | 1.3 E | (0.3) | 370 E | (81) | 1.9 E | (0.4) | F | ... | F | ... |
| Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 440 E | (96) | 1.2 E | (0.3) | 400 E | (86) | 2.1 E | (0.5) | x | ... | x | ... |
| No occupation reported | 8,250 | (349) | 22.8 | (0.8) | 4,620 | (254) | 24.6 | (1.2) | 3,610 | (220) | 20.8 | (1.1) |
| All 18- to 20-year-olds | 131,570 | (891) | 100.0 | (0.0) | 68,050 | (716) | 100.0 | (0.0) | 63,530 | (577) | 100.0 | (0.0) |
| All occupations | 96,080 | (2,150) | 73.0 | (1.6) | 49,520 | (1,649) | 72.8 | (2.3) | 46,560 | (1,314) | 73.3 | (1.9) |
| Natural and applied sciences and related occupations8 | 18,040 | (1,257) | 13.7 | (1.0) | 13,820 | (1,114) | 20.3 | (1.6) | 4,220 | (651) | 6.6 | (1.0) |
| Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion9 | 13,350 | (1,201) | 10.1 | (0.9) | 4,190 | (663) | 6.2 | (1.0) | 9,150 | (948) | 14.4 | (1.5) |
| Health occupations1 | 12,560 | (1,161) | 9.5 | (0.9) | 3,340 E | (613) | 4.9 E | (0.9) | 9,210 | (993) | 14.5 | (1.5) |
| Professional occupations in health2 | 5,990 | (786) | 4.6 | (0.6) | 2,200 E | (484) | 3.2 E | (0.7) | 3,790 E | (657) | 6.0 E | (1.0) |
| Physicians3,4 | 2,770 E | (528) | 2.1 E | (0.4) | 1,270 E | (363) | 1.9 E | (0.5) | 1,500 E | (378) | 2.4 E | (0.6) |
| Nurse supervisors and registered nurses | 3,100 E | (542) | 2.4 E | (0.4) | x | ... | x | ... | 2,910 E | (528) | 4.6 E | (0.8) |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations | 10,330 | (1,319) | 7.9 | (1.0) | 9,590 | (1,283) | 14.1 | (1.9) | F | ... | F | ... |
| Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport | 9,790 | (973) | 7.4 | (0.7) | 3,720 | (594) | 5.5 | (0.9) | 6,070 | (747) | 9.6 | (1.2) |
| Sales and service occupations | 9,270 | (1,075) | 7.0 | (0.8) | 2,770 E | (606) | 4.1 E | (0.9) | 6,500 | (833) | 10.2 | (1.3) |
| Management occupations6 | 7,840 | (940) | 6.0 | (0.7) | 4,940 | (753) | 7.3 | (1.1) | 2,910 E | (573) | 4.6 E | (0.9) |
| Business, finance and administrative occupations7 | 6,140 | (770) | 4.7 | (0.6) | 2,570 E | (482) | 3.8 E | (0.7) | 3,580 | (525) | 5.6 | (0.8) |
| Occupations unique to primary industry | 3,190 E | (652) | 2.4 E | (0.5) | 2,770 E | (642) | 4.1 E | (0.9) | F | ... | F | ... |
| Selected health-related occupations4,5 | 3,220 E | (565) | 2.4 E | (0.4) | F | ... | F | ... | 2,770 E | (554) | 4.4 E | (0.9) |
| Psychologists | 2,020 E | (454) | 1.5 E | (0.3) | F | ... | F | ... | 1,600 E | (428) | 2.5 E | (0.7) |
| Social workers | 1,160 E | (361) | 0.9 E | (0.3) | x | ... | x | ... | 1,130 E | (361) | 1.8 E | (0.6) |
| Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 1,360 E | (354) | 1.0 E | (0.3) | 1,360 E | (354) | 2.0 E | (0.5) | x | ... | x | ... |
| Veterinarians and animal health technologists4 | 980 E | (265) | 0.7 E | (0.2) | .. | ... | .. | ... | 980 E | (265) | 1.5 E | (0.4) |
| No occupation reported | 35,500 | (2,110) | 27.0 | (1.6) | 18,530 | (1,592) | 27.2 | (2.3) | 16,970 | (1,240) | 26.7 | (1.9) |
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the
Statistics Act
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
1. Excludes Veterinarians and Animal health technologists.
2. Excludes Veterinarians.
3. Includes Specialist physicians and General practitioners and
family physicians.
4. Not a Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) category.
5. Includes Managers in health care, Medical secretaries, Court
recorders and medical transcriptionists, Inspectors in public and
environmental health and occupational health and safety,
Psychologists, and Social Workers.
6. Excludes Managers in health care.
7. Excludes Medical secretaries, and Court recorders and medical
transcriptionists.
8. Excludes Inspectors in public and environmental health and
occupational health and safety.
9. Excludes Psychologists and Social Workers.
10. Total includes cases for which gender is unknown.
Notes: Occupations are defined using the Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC), 1991. See Appendix 2 for more
details.
Source: 2000 Youth in Transition Survey,
Statistics Canada.
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