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Occupational Requirements Survey
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- BLS research: BLS economists contribute to a variety of publications, within and outside of BLS. The research provides an analysis of job requirements and serves to highlight aspects of the published data.▸
- Outside Research: The authors and funding for the research are not affiliated with the BLS. Outside research is provided to demonstrate application of ORS estimates, which increase the understanding of job requirements in the U.S.▸
- Imputing Missing Values in the Occupational Requirements Survey, 2022
- The Role of Physical Job Demands and the Physical Work Environment in Retirement Outcomes, 2021
- Physical demands of work, exits from the workforce, and participation in disability programs, 2020
- The relationship between occupational requirements and SSDI activity, 2019
- Survey methodology: More information is available for the collection approaches, estimation methodology, question refinement, and sample design of the Occupational Requirements Survey.▸
- Collection approaches▸
- Observational collection compared to critical task threshold interview collection in the Occupational Requirements Survey (PDF), 2018
- Methodological issues related to ORS data collection, 2015
- Estimation▸
- Imputation methodology (PDF), 2016
- Variance estimation (PDF), 2016
- Estimation processes used in the Occupational Requirements Survey (PDF), 2015
- ORS pre-production estimation and validation report (PDF), 2015
- Estimation considerations (PDF), 2014
- Question refinement▸
- Third wave testing report (PDF), 2022
- Sample design▸
- Dynamics of occupational change (PDF), 2016
- Collection approaches▸
- Archive: This section includes research on survey methodology and approaches conducted during the development of the Occupational Requirements Survey. This research is provided as a reference but does not reflect the current survey methods and approaches used in production of ORS estimates.▸
- Collection approaches▸
- Assessing the reliability of conversational interviewing (PDF), 2016
- Using calibration training to assess the quality of interviewer performance (PDF), 2015
- ORS pre-production collection activities report (PDF), 2015
- Job Observation
- Data review▸
- Data visualization methods (PDF), 2016
- Building quality assurance for the Occupational Requirements Survey (PDF), 2015
- Occupational Requirements Survey data review process (PDF), 2015
- Estimation▸
- Validation of estimates in the Occupational Requirements Survey (PDF), 2016
- Analysis of approaches to validating data (PDF), 2014
- Response rates for the pre-production test (PDF), 2016
- Feasibility tests▸
- ORS pre-production final report (PDF), 2015
- Fiscal year 2014 summary report (PDF), 2014
- Fiscal year 2014 test plans (PDF), 2013
- Phase 3 summary report (PDF), 2013
- Phase 2 summary report (PDF), 2013
- Phase 1 summary report (PDF), 2013
- Testing the collection of Occupational Requirements data (PDF), 2013
- Sample design▸
- Occupational Requirements Survey sample design (PDF), 2015
- Sample design evaluation (PDF), 2014
- Collection approaches▸