Examining Associations Between Job Characteristics and Health: Linking Data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to Two U.S. National Health Surveys

Overview

Journal J Occup Environ Med

Specialty Environmental Health

Date 2008 Dec 19

PMID 19092496

Citations 20

Authors

Toni Alterman

James Grosch

Xiao Chen

David Chrislip

Martin Petersen

Edward Krieg Jr

Haejoo Chung

Carles Muntaner

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Abstract

Objective: To determine whether the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database can be used to identify job dimensions to serve as proxy measures for psychosocial factors and select environmental factors, and to determine whether these factors could be linked to national health surveys to examine associations with health risk behaviors and outcomes.

Methods: Job characteristics were obtained from O*NET 98. Health outcomes were obtained from two national surveys. Data were linked using Bureau of Census codes. Multiple logistic regression was used to examine associations between O*NET factors and cardiovascular disease, depression, and health risk factors.

Results: Seven of nine work organization or psychosocial factors were significantly associated with health risk behaviors in both the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III and National Health Interview Survey.

Conclusions: This study demonstrates a method for linking independently obtained health and job characteristic data based on occupational code.

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