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Statistical brief for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) industry and occupation optional module
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June 2022
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Description:Purpose :The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for BRFSS coordinators and researchers who would like to analyze data collected through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Industry and Occupation optional module.
Why Analyze Industry and Occupation?: More than 150 million Americans spend approximately 50% of their waking hours at work. Employment provides workers with income, and it often provides other benefits such as health insurance, retirement benefits, and personal satisfaction. Work is a major sociodemographic contributor that can affect a worker’s health status in positive and negative ways. In studies of public health, workers’ industries and occupations are often used as surrogate measures for workplace exposures; therefore, industry and occupation are important public health demographic variables.
Industry and Occupation Questions: CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed the BRFSS Industry and Occupation optional module in 2013. Each year, NIOSH promotes use of the industry and occupation module to the states and territories. Learn more about which states have used this module over the years. In the core section of the survey, every respondent is asked about their current employment status. States that use the industry and occupation module follow with the industry and occupation questions if a respondent is employed for wages, self-employed, or out of work for less than 1 year. Approximately half of BRFSS respondents meet this criterion.
Suggested citation: NIOSH [2022]. Statistical brief for the behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS) industry and occupation optional module. By Boal W, Silver S, Li J, Shockey T. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2022-125.
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