Table 1.

REGARDS occupational survey content areas

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

^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.

^bJob Content Questionnaire scale measures [22].

^cOne item modified Borg perceived exertion scale [23].

^dOne item adapted from a validated scale based on expert consultation with Dr. Joseph Grzywacz [24].

^eNIOSH Quality of Work Life Survey [25].