Longest Held Job in U.S. Occupational Groups: The National Health Interview Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Caban A ; Fleming, Lora E. ; Gomez-Marin O ; LeBlanc WG ; Lee DJ ; Pitman T
• Description:
  Objective: We sought to assess the validity of using current or most recent occupation as surrogate for longest-held job (and its exposures). Methods: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is an annual, probability, cross-sectional U.S. population survey. The 1986 and 1988 NHIS occupational supplements provided information for more than 49,000 workers. Using Cohen's Kappa, concordance was assessed by occupational group and several subgroups. Results: Statistically significant results were observed for all occupational groups. More than 70% of 13 broad occupations had a Kappa of 50.0 or greater, with variable concordance by subpopulation. Among 206 occupational groups, there was more variability: Kappa ranged from 92.7 (dentists) to 9.2 (farm managers). Conclusions: Moderate-to-high levels of agreement was observed in this large, representative sample of US workers. Therefore, current occupation can be used as a surrogate for longest-held job for many occupational subgroups. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Demography Epidemiology Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Demographic-characteristics Humans Job-analysis Racial-factors Sex-factors Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  79-90
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025936
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2005 Jan; 47(1):79-90
• Contact Point Address:
  Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101
• Email:
  ogomez@med.miami.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6ddad4f6c6391ad38cb3e581a09cb60f996e97cb8cb05e63cddd6b2dca990b940b8f7e064df79925ec0beb6e22b804efdc4926c76f67d02fd70c879078fc5a39
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197100/cdc_197100_DS1.pdf
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