Table 3.
Characteristics of jobs reported by the REGARDS occupational ancillary study sample, by job typea
| 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) |
aAll values are n (percentage). Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
bCurrent jobs were held when the NIOSH survey was administered; longest-held jobs include 2883 current jobs that were the same as the longest-held job; and enrollment jobs were held at REGARDS enrollment and include 3454 current and 2276 longest-held jobs that were the same as the enrollment job (see Additional file 1).
cUnknown for 18 subjects that reported working for pay at the REGARDS enrollment interview, but did not report any employment at the NIOSH occupational survey.
dUnknown for 823 subjects that reported working for pay at the REGARDS enrollment interview (based on concurrent reports for 539 subjects and retrospective reports for 284 subjects), but did not report any job at the NIOSH occupational survey that coincided with the enrollment interview date (see Additional file 1).
eUS 2002 Census codes for industry were aggregated to 8 industry sectors.
fSubcategories of the service industry are reported in italics.
gUS 2002 Census codes for occupation were aggregated to 23 standard major occupational groups. The two-digit notation refers to the first two digits of the Standard Occupation Classification.