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Technical Appendix to a Nationwide Survey of the Occupational Safety and Health Work Force.

PB80193337

Publication Date	1979
Page Count	63
Abstract	The reliability of the survey data is examined as a supplement to the Nationwide Survey of the Occupational Safety and Health Work Force. The survey methodology is reviewed, focusing on sample selection, contact strategy, and survey instruments. A job classification scheme used to partition the survey results is developed, and a method for estimating the size of the current occupational safety and health work force is presented along with a discussion of the data limitations. The estimation and forecasting techniques are described, and avenues for further research are explored. A survey introductory letter, questionnaires concerning organization, job role and employee characteristics, and occupationsl safety and health titles generated by a feasibility study also are presented.
Keywords	Industrial medicine Reliability Methodology Feasibility studies Data collection Safety Estimating Human factors engineering Forecasting Questionnaires Health surveys Occupational safety and health Health statistics
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Short (John) and Associates, Salt Lake City, UT.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198019
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-76-0192

Technical Appendix to a Nationwide Survey of the Occupational Safety and Health Work Force.

Technical Appendix to a Nationwide Survey of the Occupational Safety and Health Work Force.
PB80193337

Publication Date	1979
Page Count	63
Abstract	The reliability of the survey data is examined as a supplement to the Nationwide Survey of the Occupational Safety and Health Work Force. The survey methodology is reviewed, focusing on sample selection, contact strategy, and survey instruments. A job classification scheme used to partition the survey results is developed, and a method for estimating the size of the current occupational safety and health work force is presented along with a discussion of the data limitations. The estimation and forecasting techniques are described, and avenues for further research are explored. A survey introductory letter, questionnaires concerning organization, job role and employee characteristics, and occupationsl safety and health titles generated by a feasibility study also are presented.
Keywords	Industrial medicine Reliability Methodology Feasibility studies Data collection Safety Estimating Human factors engineering Forecasting Questionnaires Health surveys Occupational safety and health Health statistics
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Short (John) and Associates, Salt Lake City, UT.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198019
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-76-0192