Table 1 HILDA Job Quality Components and Items

Skill use

My job requires learning new skills

I use my skills in my current job

Job control

I have the freedom to decide how I do my work

I have a lot of say about what happens at my job

I have the freedom to decide when I do my job

Job security

I have a secure future in my job

The company I work for will be in business in the next 5 years

I worry about the future of my job (reverse coded)

Effort-reward fairness

I get paid fairly for the things I do