Development of a Coding and Crosswalk Tool for Occupations and Industries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Job coding into a standard occupation or industry classification is commonly performed in occupational epidemiology and occupational health. Sometimes, it is necessary to code jobs into multiple classifications or to convert job codes from one classification to another. We developed a generic tool, called CAPS-Canada (http://www.caps-canada.ca/), that combines a computer-assisted coding tool covering seven International, Canadian and US occupation and industry classifications and an assistant facilitating crosswalks from one classification to another. The objectives of this paper are to present the different functions of the CAPS-Canada tool and to assess their contribution through an inter-rater reliability study.

Method

The crosswalk assistant was built based

SUBMITTER: Remen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093321 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature