Concordance Between Current Job and Usual Job in Occupational and Industry Groupings

Luckhaupt, Sara E.; Cohen, Martha A.; Calvert, Geoffrey M.

doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e318297321d

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Concordance Between Current Job and Usual Job in Occupational and Industry Groupings

Published Date:

Sep 2013

Publisher's site:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318297321d New Site Icon

Source:

J Occup Environ Med. 2013; 55(9):1074-1090.

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Personal Authors:

Luckhaupt, Sara E. ; Cohen, Martha A. ; Calvert, Geoffrey M. ;

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Pubmed ID:

23969506

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4513934

Description:

Objective

To determine whether current job is a reasonable surrogate for usual job.

Methods

Data from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey were utilized to determine concordance between current and usual jobs for workers employed within the past year. Concordance was quantitated by kappa values for both simple and detailed industry and occupational groups. Good agreement is considered to be present when kappa values exceed 60.

Results

Overall kappa values ± standard errors were 74.5 ± 0.5 for simple industry, 72.4 ± 0.5 for detailed industry, 76.3 ± 0.4 for simple occupation, 73.7 ± 0.5 for detailed occupation, and 80.4 ± 0.6 for very broad occupational class. Sixty-five of 73 detailed industry groups and 78 of 81 detailed occupation groups evaluated had good agreement between current and usual jobs.

Conclusions

Current job can often serve as a reliable surrogate for usual job in epidemiologic studies.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

PKS8/Intramural CDC HHS/United States

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