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Table 1 REGARDS occupational survey content areas

From: Methods and feasibility of collecting occupational data for a large population-based cohort study in the United States: the reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke study

Employment Status

Longest-Held Job (self-employed)

• At enrollment

• Same as enrollment job

• Current

• Same as current job

Entire Work Career

• Industry

• Ever worked shiftwork

• Job title and duties

• Years of shiftwork

• Job tenure

• Type of shiftwork

• Year left this job

• Number of jobs held in the past 10 years

• Employer size

Current Job (self-employed)

• Work arrangement

• Industry

• Union status

• Job title and duties

• Supervisory duties

• Start year

• Total work hours per week

• Employer size

• (Number of employees)

• Work arrangementa

• (Income ≥ 20% household income)

• Union status

Enrollment Job (self-employed)

• Supervisory duties

• Same as longest-held job

• (Number of employees)

• Same as current job

• (Income ≥ 20% household income)

• Industry

Current Job Exposures

• Job title and duties

• Shiftwork

• Job tenure

• Total work hours per week

• Year left this job

• Work hour preference

• Employer size

• Psychological job demandsb

• Work arrangement

• Decision latitudeb

• Union status

• Skill discretionb

• Supervisory duties

• Overall physical effort levelc

• Total work hours per week

• Work-life imbalanced

• (Number of employees)

• Threatened or bullied in the past yeare

• (Income ≥ 20% household income)

• Discrimination (age, race, gender, other)e

  1. aWork arrangement categories for wage employed participants included: on-call employee, subcontractor or employee of a temporary agency, regular permanent employee, and unknown; work arrangement categories for self-employed participants included: business owner, independent contractor or consultant or freelance worker.
  2. bJob Content Questionnaire scale measures [22].
  3. cOne item modified Borg perceived exertion scale [23].
  4. dOne item adapted from a validated scale based on expert consultation with Dr. Joseph Grzywacz [24].
  5. eNIOSH Quality of Work Life Survey [25].