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QUALITYOFWORKLIFEQUESTIONNAIRE
Overview
In2000,NIOSHenteredintoaninteragencyagreementwiththeNationalScienceFoundationtoaddaspecialmoduleassessingthe
qualityofworklifeinAmericatothe2002GeneralSocialSurvey.TheGeneralSocialSurveyisabiannual,nationallyrepresentative,
personalinterviewsurveyofU.S.householdsconductedbytheNationalOpinionResearchCenterandfundedbytheNationalScience
Foundation.Usingasmallgroupprocesswithinternalandexternalexpertteams,NIOSHselected76questionsdealingwithawide
assortmentofworkorganizationissues.Theseinclude(butarenotlimitedto)hoursofwork,workload,workerautonomy,layoffsandjob
security,jobsatisfaction/stress,andworkerwellbeing.HalfofthequestionsintheQualityofWorklifemoduleweretakendirectlyfrom
the1977QualityofEmploymentSurvey,allowingcomparisonsofworkerresponsesovera25yearperiod.

TheprimarygoalsoftheQualityofWorklifemodulearetomeasurehowworklifeandtheworkexperiencehavechangedsincetheearlier
QualityofEmploymentSurveysandtoestablishbenchmarksforfuturesurveys.Secondarygoalsincludemeasuringtherelationship
betweenjob/organizationalcharacteristicsandworkerhealthandsafetyandidentifyingtargetsforhealthandsafetypreventive
interventions.
ThepersonalinterviewdatawerecollectedintheFall/Winterof2002andthefinaldatasetcontainsresponsesfrom1,796persons.The
QWLmodulewasreadministeredintheFall/Winterof2006and2010.Responsescamefrom1,734and1,187persons,respectively.The
2006modulewasidenticaltothe2002module.The2010modulewasmodifiedslightlytoreflectemergingriskfactorstoworkersafety
andhealth.Thesemodificationsincludedtheadditionoffournewitems,therevisionofone2002/2006item,andtheremovaloffive
2002/2006items.Thefollowinglistofmodulecategoriesandconstructsindicateswherethesemodificationsoccurred.

CategoriesandConstructsMeasured
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Joblevel(41items):
Workload
Skillutilization
Participation
Jobfuture
Repetitivework
Resourceadequacy
Reward/recognition
Skillutilization
Supervisorybehavior
Promotions
Variety
Occupation
Jobtenure
Training
Layoffs
Teamwork
Roleclarity
Roleconflict
Staffing
Safety&health
Fairness
StressManagement
Physicaleffort
Other
Culture/climate(11items):
Safetyclimate
Discrimination
Harassment
Respect
Trust
Mgt.relationship
HealthOutcomes(9items):
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Physicalhealth
Mentalhealth
Injuries
Sleepproblems
OtherOutcomes(7items):
Performance
Satisfaction
Intenttoleave
Jobcommitment
Overtime
Flexibility
Hoursofwork(2items):
Work/family(4items)
Supervision(3items)
Benefits(1item)
Union(1item)

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QualityofWorklifeQuestionnaire

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Pagelastreviewed:August29,2013
Pagelastupdated:August29,2013
Contentsource:NationalInstituteforOccupationalSafetyandHealthDivisionofAppliedResearchandTechnology

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