Table 1.1.3
Relative popularity of health occupations among youth, by sex, Prince Edward Island, 2000

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  All youth
  Total10 Male Female
  number standard error % standard error number standard error % standard error number standard error % standard error
All 15 years olds 1800 (13) 100.0 (0.0) 860 (24) 100.0 (0.0) 940 (24) 100.0 (0.0)
All occupations 1380 (22) 76.3 (1.1) 620 (22) 71.7 (1.6) 760 (23) 80.7 (1.4)
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion9 250 (17) 13.6 (0.9) 80 (9) 9.0 (1.0) 170 (14) 17.8 (1.4)
Health occupations1 240 (15) 13.4 (0.8) 60 (8) 6.3 (0.9) 190 (14) 19.8 (1.4)
Professional occupations in health2 200 (14) 10.8 (0.8) 50 (7) 6.0 (0.8) 140 (12) 15.3 (1.2)
Physicians3,4 120 (12) 6.4 (0.6) 30 E (6) 3.9 E (0.7) 80 (10) 8.8 (1.0)
Nurse supervisors and registered Nurses 30 E (6) 1.7 E (0.3) .. ... .. ... 30 E (6) 3.2 E (0.6)
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations8 210 (15) 11.8 (0.8) 150 (13) 17.5 (1.4) 60 (8) 6.6 (0.9)
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 190 (14) 10.6 (0.8) 90 (10) 10.8 (1.1) 100 (10) 10.5 (1.1)
Sales and service occupations 190 (14) 10.5 (0.8) 90 (10) 10.4 (1.1) 100 (10) 10.5 (1.1)
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 60 (8) 3.6 (0.5) 60 (8) 7.5 (0.9) .. ... .. ...
Selected health-related occupations4,5 60 (8) 3.2 (0.4) x ... x ... 50 (8) 5.7 (0.8)
Psychologists 30 E (6) 1.7 E (0.3) x ... x ... 30 E (6) 3.2 E (0.6)
Social workers 20 E (5) 1.4 E (0.3) x ... x ... 20 E (5) 2.4 E (0.5)
Business, finance and administrative occupations7 60 (8) 3.0 (0.4) 20 E (5) 2.2 E (0.5) 40 E (6) 3.8 E (0.6)
Veterinarians and animal health technologists4 50 (7) 2.8 (0.4) F ... F ... 40 (7) 4.6 (0.7)
Occupations unique to primary industry 40 (7) 2.4 (0.4) 40 E (6) 4.4 E (0.7) F ... F ...
Management occupations6 20 E (5) 1.3 E (0.3) 20 E (4) 1.8 E (0.5) F ... F ...
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities x ... x ... x ... x ... .. ... .. ...
No occupation reported 430 (20) 23.7 (1.1) 240 (16) 28.3 (1.6) 180 (14) 19.3 (1.4)
All 18- to 20-year-olds 5950 (88) 100.0 (0.0) 2,990 (45) 100.0 (0.0) 2,960 (76) 100.0 (0.0)
All occupations 4150 (149) 69.7 (2.1) 2,130 (87) 71.1 (2.7) 2,020 (120) 68.4 (3.4)
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations8 630 (83) 10.6 (1.4) 500 (65) 16.7 (2.2) F ... F ...
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion9 600 (97) 10.1 (1.6) 280 E (68) 9.5 E (2.3) 320 E (64) 10.8 E (2.1)
Sales and service occupations 550 E (92) 9.3 (1.5) 160 E (36) 5.2 E (1.2) 400 E (82) 13.4 E (2.7)
Health occupations1 480 E (90) 8.0 E (1.5) F ... F ... 360 E (60) 12.2 (2.0)
Professional occupations in health2 230 E (73) 3.9 E (1.2) x ... x ... 140 E (40) 4.9 E (1.4)
Physicians3,4 F ... F ... x ... x ... F ... F ...
Nurse supervisors and registered hurses 150 E (41) 2.6 E (0.7) .. ... .. ... 150 E (41) 5.2 E (1.4)
Management occupations6 410 E (83) 6.8 E (1.4) F ... F ... 280 E (72) 9.4 E (2.4)
Business, finance and administrative occupations7 390 E (67) 6.6 E (1.1) 160 E (41) 5.3 E (1.4) 230 E (49) 7.9 E (1.7)
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 310 E (53) 5.2 E (0.9) 300 E (53) 10.0 E (1.8) x ... x ...
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 300 E (62) 5.1 E (1.0) 190 E (53) 6.4 E (1.8) F ... F ...
Occupations unique to primary industry 250 E (52) 4.2 E (0.9) 200 E (45) 6.8 E (1.5) F ... F ...
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities F ... F ... F ... F ... .. ... .. ...
Selected health-related occupations4,5 F ... F ... x ... x ... 120 E (35) 3.9 E (1.2)
Psychologists F ... F ... x ... x ... F ... F ...
Social workers F ... F ... .. ... .. ... F ... F ...
Veterinarians and animal health technologists4 F ... F ... x ... x ... x ... x ...
No occupation reported 1,800 (126) 30.3 (2.1) 870 (80) 28.9 (2.7) 930 (99) 31.6 (3.4)

.. 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.