Improving Identification of Gig Workers in National Health and Behavior Surveys

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• Personal Author:
  Cloeren M ; Frey JJ ; Hoke K ; Mitchell CS ; Ofonedu MC ; Ware OD
• Description:
  This paper describes the work-related information collected in several important U.S. national health and behavior surveys, to highlight data gaps that prevent identifying responses by vulnerable workers in the gig economy, with emphasis on the growing digital platform sector of the work force. The national information systems used to understand health status and health behaviors, including drug use, rely on outdated census categories for self-employed workers. This paper describes the importance of understanding the needs of this growing part of the labor sector and describes how some of the most well-known and utilized national surveys fail to meet this need. For the agencies conducting national health and behavior surveys, we propose revisions to the categories used to classify type of worker and recommend adoption of a new Worker-Employer Relationship Classification model. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Gig Economy Digital Platforms Health Behaviors Health Risks Health Surveys Mental Health SDOH Social Determinants Of Health Surveillance Work Arrangements Worker Classification

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• ISSN:
  1048-2911
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Atlanta Region [OSHA] ; District of Columbia ; Maryland ; North Carolina ; Philadelphia Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  172-181
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070149
• Citation:
  New Solut 2024 Nov; 34(3):172-181
• Contact Point Address:
  Marianne Cloeren, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, 11 S Paca Street, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD, USA
• Email:
  mcloeren@som.umaryland.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Performing Organization:
  Maryland State Department of Health, Baltimore
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20160701
• Source Full Name:
  New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1c5dec870d1b883a7e95251448b40fe90dadd72cb2cc93db8e969d7abd77ac6d58de5676a648365b7264b6ca86b53f9060cdf6659c60785e635e4421662dbe6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208425/cdc_208425_DS1.pdf
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