Table 3 Characteristics of jobs reported by the REGARDS occupational ancillary study sample, by job type a
Characteristic | Job typeb | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Current (n = 4,949) | Longest held (n = 17,041) | Enrollment (n = 7,532) | |
Type of employment | |||
Unknown | 0 (0) | 18 (<1)c | 823 (11)d |
Wage | 3638 (74) | 14988 (88) | 5254 (70) |
Self | 1311 (26) | 2035 (12) | 1455 (19) |
Among wage employed | |||
 Covered by a union? | 507 (14) | 3824 (26) | 1043 (20) |
 Supervisory responsibilities? | 1283 (35) | 7777 (52) | 2351 (45) |
 Work arrangement | |||
 On call employee | 172 (5) | 166 (1) | 124 (2) |
 Subcontractor/temporary agency | 109 (3) | 135 (1) | 91 (2) |
 Regular, permanent employee | 3326 (91) | 14626 (98) | 5012 (95) |
 Unknown | 31 (1) | 61 (<1) | 27 (1) |
Among self employed | |||
 Self-employment wages represent ≥20% of household income? | 852 (65) | 1553 (76) | 1068 (73) |
 Work arrangement | |||
 Business owner | 988 (75) | 1630 (80) | 1150 (79) |
 Independent contractor/consultant/freelance | 323 (25) | 405 (20) | 305 (21) |
Industry sector (census based) e | |||
Unknown | 0 (0) | 18 (<1) | 823 (11) |
Not codable | 2 (<1) | 9 (<1) | 12 (<1) |
Agriculture, forestry & fishing | 75 (2) | 196 (1) | 92 (1) |
Construction | 197 (4) | 577 (3) | 277 (4) |
Health care & social assistance | 817 (17) | 2280 (13) | 1014 (13) |
Manufacturing | 338 (7) | 2867 (17) | 656 (9) |
Mining | 10 (<1) | 62 (<1) | 17 (<1) |
Servicesf | 2799 (57) | 8405 (49) | 3666 (49) |
 Information | 97 (2) | 567 (3) | 142 (2) |
 Finance and insurance | 216 (4) | 722 (4) | 293 (4) |
 Real estate, rental, and leasing | 188 (4) | 266 (2) | 209 (3) |
 Professional, scientific, and technical | 372 (8) | 654 (4) | 455 (6) |
 Corporate management | 0 (0) | 6 (<1) | 1 (<1) |
 Administrative support and waste management | 162 (3) | 284 (2) | 209 (3) |
 Education | 791 (16) | 2884 (17) | 1129 (15) |
 Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 122 (2) | 150 (1) | 111 (1) |
 Accommodation and food | 69 (1) | 315 (2) | 98 (1) |
 Public administration (government) | 348 (7) | 1679 (10) | 509 (7) |
 Other service industries | 434 (9) | 878 (5) | 510 (7) |
Transportation, warehousing & utilities | 239 (5) | 1105 (6) | 390 (5) |
Wholesale and retail trade | 470 (9) | 1275 (7) | 582 (8) |
Armed forces | 2 (<1) | 247 (1) | 3 (<1) |
Occupational group g | |||
Unknown | 0 (0) | 18 (<1) | 823 (11) |
Not codable | 4 (<1) | 10 (<1) | 12 (<1) |
11-Management | 633 (13) | 2359 (14) | 908 (12) |
13-Business and financial operations | 277 (6) | 684 (4) | 352 (5) |
15-Computer and mathematical science | 86 (2) | 250 (1) | 126 (2) |
17-Architecture and engineering | 97 (2) | 467 (3) | 151 (2) |
19-Life, physical, and social science | 72 (1) | 256 (2) | 101 (1) |
21-Community and social services | 206 (4) | 518 (3) | 261 (3) |
23-Legal | 89 (2) | 174 (1) | 121 (2) |
25-Education, training, and library | 544 (11) | 2039 (12) | 771 (10) |
27-Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media | 167 (3) | 274 (2) | 175 (2) |
29-Healthcare practitioner and technical | 338 (7) | 1067 (6) | 439 (6) |
31-Healthcare support | 115 (2) | 363 (2) | 130 (2) |
33-Protective service (firefighters/law enforcement) | 121 (2) | 318 (2) | 151 (2) |
35-Food preparation and serving related | 78 (2) | 343 (2) | 104 (1) |
37-Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance | 139 (3) | 386 (2) | 208 (3) |
39-Personal care and service | 227 (5) | 386 (2) | 229 (3) |
41-Sales and related | 504 (10) | 1192 (7) | 647 (9) |
43-Office and administrative support | 618 (12) | 2520 (15) | 850 (11) |
45-Farming, fishing, and forestry | 17 (<1) | 54 (<1) | 23 (<1) |
47-Construction and extraction | 123 (2) | 464 (3) | 190 (3) |
49-Installation, maintenance, and repair | 104 (2) | 540 (3) | 139 (2) |
51-Production | 171 (3) | 1438 (8) | 314 (4) |
53-Transportation and material moving | 219 (4) | 686 (4) | 304 (4) |
55-Military | 0 (0) | 235 (1) | 3 (<1) |