Table 1.1.7
Relative popularity of health occupations among youth, by sex, Ontario, 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 129,010 (2,622) 100.0 (0.0) 62,260 (1,819) 100.0 (0.0) 66,670 (2,050) 100.0 (0.0)
All occupations 97,990 (2,138) 76.0 (0.8) 46,020 (1,459) 73.9 (1.2) 51,940 (1,774) 77.9 (0.9)
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 20,130 (972) 15.6 (0.7) 9,820 (688) 15.8 (1.1) 10,280 (698) 15.4 (1.0)
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations8 18,650 (914) 14.5 (0.7) 13,860 (774) 22.3 (1.1) 4,790 (448) 7.2 (0.7)
Health occupations1 15,190 (908) 11.8 (0.6) 3,990 (463) 6.4 (0.7) 11,200 (809) 16.8 (1.0)
Professional occupations in health2 12,830 (819) 9.9 (0.6) 3,650 (455) 5.9 (0.7) 9,180 (705) 13.8 (0.9)
Physicians3,4 9,440 (700) 7.3 (0.5) 2,480 (372) 4.0 (0.6) 6,960 (612) 10.4 (0.8)
Nurse supervisors and registered Nurses 950 E (189) 0.7 E (0.1) .. ... .. ... 950 E (189) 1.4 E (0.3)
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion9 14,880 (764) 11.5 (0.6) 4,240 (380) 6.8 (0.6) 10,630 (692) 15.9 (1.0)
Sales and service occupations 10,170 (613) 7.9 (0.4) 4,640 (411) 7.5 (0.6) 5,530 (522) 8.3 (0.7)
Business, finance and administrative occupations7 4,430 (454) 3.4 (0.3) 2,160 (302) 3.5 (0.5) 2,260 (305) 3.4 (0.4)
Selected health-related occupations4,5 4,240 (382) 3.3 (0.3) 430 E (141) 0.7 E (0.2) 3,810 (355) 5.7 (0.5)
Psychologists 3,100 (322) 2.4 (0.2) F ... F ... 2,760 (298) 4.1 (0.4)
Social workers 1,040 E (192) 0.8 E (0.1) x ... x ... 1,020 E (193) 1.5 E (0.3)
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 4,110 (450) 3.2 (0.3) 3,840 (434) 6.2 (0.7) F ... F ...
Management occupations6 2,660 (346) 2.1 (0.3) 1,610 E (285) 2.6 E (0.4) 1,040 E (203) 1.6 E (0.3)
Veterinarians and animal health technologists4 2,460 (299) 1.9 (0.2) 460 E (129) 0.7 E (0.2) 2,000 (255) 3.0 (0.4)
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 600 E (158) 0.5 E (0.1) 520 E (145) 0.8 E (0.2) x ... x ...
Occupations unique to primary industry 490 E (137) 0.4 E (0.1) 450 E (133) 0.7 E (0.2) x ... x ...
No occupation reported 31,020 (1,259) 24.0 (0.8) 16,240 (940) 26.1 (1.2) 14,730 (739) 22.1 (0.9)
All 18- to 20-year-olds 445,310 (735) 100.0 (0.0) 227,770 (499) 100.0 (0.0) 217,540 (513) 100.0 (0.0)
All occupations 331,620 (3,592) 74.5 (0.8) 167,000 (2,567) 73.3 (1.1) 164,610 (2,621) 75.7 (1.2)
Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion9 56,860 (2,610) 12.8 (0.6) 15,720 (1,379) 6.9 (0.6) 41,140 (2,217) 18.9 (1.0)
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations8 52,710 (2,311) 11.8 (0.5) 41,670 (1,977) 18.3 (0.9) 11,050 (1,212) 5.1 (0.6)
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport 42,270 (2,500) 9.5 (0.6) 22,100 (1,880) 9.7 (0.8) 20,160 (1,599) 9.3 (0.7)
Sales and service occupations 39,410 (2,326) 8.9 (0.5) 16,940 (1,385) 7.4 (0.6) 22,480 (1,797) 10.3 (0.8)
Health occupations1 34,370 (2,060) 7.7 (0.5) 8,430 (1,108) 3.7 (0.5) 25,940 (1,683) 11.9 (0.8)
Professional occupations in health2 20,160 (1,731) 4.5 (0.4) 6,700 (1,034) 2.9 (0.5) 13,460 (1,380) 6.2 (0.6)
Physicians3,4 11,200 (1,424) 2.5 (0.3) 4,860 E (982) 2.1 E (0.4) 6,330 (1,048) 2.9 (0.5)
Nurse supervisors and registered nurses 7,120 (857) 1.6 (0.2) F ... F ... 6,880 (856) 3.2 (0.4)
Business, finance and administrative occupations7 30,060 (1,913) 6.8 (0.4) 14,050 (1,406) 6.2 (0.6) 16,020 (1,387) 7.4 (0.6)
Management occupations6 27,220 (1,653) 6.1 (0.4) 16,210 (1,338) 7.1 (0.6) 11,000 (997) 5.1 (0.5)
Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations 23,070 (1,608) 5.2 (0.4) 22,210 (1,544) 9.7 (0.7) F ... F ...
Selected health-related occupations4,5 13,970 (1,333) 3.1 (0.3) 2,480 E (655) 1.1 E (0.3) 11,490 (1,198) 5.3 (0.6)
Psychologists 6,960 (955) 1.6 (0.2) F ... F ... 5,290 (751) 2.4 (0.3)
Social workers 6,660 (998) 1.5 (0.2) F ... F ... 5,860 (971) 2.7 (0.4)
Occupations unique to primary industry 4,420 E (756) 1.0 E (0.2) 3,760 E (729) 1.7 E (0.3) 660 E (186) 0.3 E (0.1)
Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities 3,580 E (673) 0.8 E (0.2) 3,040 E (620) 1.3 E (0.3) F ... F ...
Veterinarians and animal health technologists4 3,680 E (737) 0.8 E (0.2) F ... F ... 3,280 E (714) 1.5 E (0.3)
No occupation reported 113,700 (3,615) 25.5 (0.8) 60,770 (2,550) 26.7 (1.1) 52,930 (2,608) 24.3 (1.2)

.. 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.