Sociodemographic characteristics of frontline and non-frontline workers and by sex (%)
| Frontline workers | Non-frontline workers | |||||
| Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | Total | |
| Total | 46.8 | 53.2 | 100.0 | 52.8 | 47.2 | 100.0 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 16–34 | 24.4 | 23.0 | 23.6 | 18.8 | 22.2 | 20.4 |
| 35–49 | 42.4 | 44.9 | 43.7 | 55.0 | 43.0 | 45.0 |
| 50 or over | 33.2 | 32.0 | 32.7 | 34.4 | 34.8 | 34.6 |
| Occupational social class (CNO11) | ||||||
| Directors and managers | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
| Scientists, academics and similar professionals | 19.8 | 8.6 | 13.8 | 35.7 | 29.5 | 32.8 |
| Technicians; professional support staff | 4.6 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 13.1 | 16.3 | 14.6 |
| Accountants, administrative workers and other office employees | 9.7 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 22.6 | 11.7 | 17.5 |
| Workers in catering, personal and security services, and salespersons | 36.6 | 21.4 | 28.6 | 13.4 | 9.0 | 11.3 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishing sector workers | 0.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| Crafts persons and skilled workers in manufacturing and construction (except installers and machine operators) | 1.6 | 16.9 | 9.6 | 1.1 | 13.1 | 6.7 |
| Installers, machine operators and assemblers | 3.7 | 18.9 | 11.7 | 1.5 | 7.4 | 4.2 |
| Unskilled workers | 22.9 | 13.6 | 18.0 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 7.7 |
| Occupational social class | ||||||
| Non-manual | 34.9 | 27.1 | 30.8 | 74.5 | 62.7 | 69.0 |
| Manual | 65.1 | 72.9 | 69.2 | 25.5 | 37.3 | 31.0 |
CNO11, 2011 National Classification of Occupations.