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Definition of non-manual in English: non-manualadjective Not using or working with the hands. office or non-manual work Example sentencesExamples - Hypertension showed a similar prevalence in all groups, but was lower in women in non-manual classes.
- More white children had parents with non-manual occupations.
- "The difficulties of a 40-year-old man, used to manual work, obtaining employment in West Wales in non-manual work should not be underestimated."
- Smoking was more common among those who were in a manual class compared with a non-manual class.
- The variation amongst women is less, with over half of working women in all ethnic groups being in intermediate or junior non-manual work.
- Another 24% came from homes with at least one parent in professional or managerial occupations and 15% had a parent in routine non-manual jobs, such as office work.
- University lecturers' pay has fallen 40 percent behind the average for non-manual occupations over the last 20 years.
- In 1983, only 5 percent of non-manual workers were unemployed.
- In other words, independents were neither more nor less likely than the affiliated to be childless, currently employed, or working in a non-manual occupation.
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