TY - JOUR
T1 - Work coding
T2 - Beyond SIC and SOC, BOC and DOT
AU - Harber, Philip
AU - Miller, Giedra
AU - Smitherman, Justine
PY - 1991/12
Y1 - 1991/12
N2 - Traditional coding schemes for occupational health related factors (eg, SIC. SOC. CAS) are structured similarly as hierarchical, exclusive, and exhaustive systems. Each is limited to information of one particular type (eg, industry) and, therefore, the relationships implicit in the coding scheme are limited. This study empirically determined that “natural” coding schemes used by occupational health professionals do not share these characteristics but are more akin to semantic network data bases. There is therefore a need to re-evaluate how occupational data are to be coded.
AB - Traditional coding schemes for occupational health related factors (eg, SIC. SOC. CAS) are structured similarly as hierarchical, exclusive, and exhaustive systems. Each is limited to information of one particular type (eg, industry) and, therefore, the relationships implicit in the coding scheme are limited. This study empirically determined that “natural” coding schemes used by occupational health professionals do not share these characteristics but are more akin to semantic network data bases. There is therefore a need to re-evaluate how occupational data are to be coded.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 1800688
AN - SCOPUS:0026342899
VL - 33
SP - 1274
EP - 1280
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
SN - 1076-2752
IS - 12
ER -