Again, women's choices — college major, occupation, hours at work — could account for some of this.
At each visit, interviewers used structured questionnaires to obtain information on women's sociodemographic characteristics, medical and occupational history, partners' occupation, pesticide use at work and at home, lifestyle habits, quality and type of housing, basic dietary information (including frequency of fruit and vegetable intake), and source of drinking water.
All participants answered a questionnaire on health, smoking, occupation, and exposures at work and home.
*Adjusted for age at follow-up, years of education, ApoE e4, sex, BMI, systolic blood pressure, cholesterol, occupation, physical activity at work, region of residence, smoking, and signs of depression at mid-life.
These measures included not only father's occupation, supervisory role at work, and education level, which have been the measures of childhood socioeconomic position most commonly used [ 3], but also mother's education level and receipt of welfare payments.
It inquired about personal characteristics, health information, smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) at home and at work, occupation, exposures in the work environment, and exposures in the home environment.
We found that participants with higher levels of education level tended to have more concordant responses, particularly for parental education level, and less so for father's occupation and supervisory role at work.
19 In addition to a 24 h urine collection, this subproject contained a questionnaire covering sociodemographic information (age, sex, level of education, occupation), lifestyles (physical activity at work, alcohol consumption, smoking habit) and anthropometric and BP measurements.
To assess the primary exposure variable, participants completed a questionnaire and answered the following question: "How much time do you spend standing during your main occupation (e.g. at work)?" Responses included (i) all the time, (ii) most of the time, (iii) half of the time, and (iv) rarely/never.
Nonsmoker exposure to ETS at home was found to be associated with sex, age, education history, marital status, and type of occupation, and exposure to ETS at work with sex, education level, and type of occupation.
Occupation/Work (job, occupation, professional success, work, working place).
