Burnett C A, Crouse W E
Division of Surveillance, National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226.
J Occup Med. 1989 Apr;31(4):339-46.
The effectiveness of using the latest occupation instead of usual in studies of chronic disease was assessed by comparing latest and usual occupation for agreement. The 1980 National Health Interview Survey Occupational Supplement collected information on both latest and longest job and the lengths of the jobs. We compared the latest occupation and industry with the longest (usual) occupation and industry for agreement. For men, the industry agreement was 68.1% and the occupation agreement was 69.9%. Women had slightly higher agreement: 70.3% for industry and 70.5% for occupation. The percent of agreement varied by industry or occupation and age, sex, race, respondent, and length of latest job. We conclude that the percentage of agreement of latest occupation and industry with usual is sufficient for analyses of National Health Interview Survey chronic disease data using latest occupation or industry.
通过比较最新职业和通常职业的一致性，评估了在慢性病研究中使用最新职业而非通常职业的有效性。1980年全国健康访谈调查职业补充问卷收集了关于最新和最长工作以及工作时长的信息。我们将最新职业和行业与最长（通常）职业和行业进行比较以确定一致性。对于男性，行业一致性为68.1%，职业一致性为69.9%。女性的一致性略高：行业为70.3%，职业为70.5%。一致性百分比因行业或职业以及年龄、性别、种族、受访者和最新工作时长而有所不同。我们得出结论，最新职业和行业与通常职业和行业的一致性百分比足以用于使用最新职业或行业对全国健康访谈调查慢性病数据进行分析。
