English Abstract Part a introduces the CBS job classification at the
Monitoring Risk Factor Project on cardiovascular diseases. an error
analysis with regard to the coding of the jobs is the basis for
recommendations for the questions about job characteristics in the new
questionnaire. In part B the relation between job and (potential) risk
factors for cardiovascular diseases is studied. The U&S job presitige scale
and the Social Group (both derived from the CBS job classification 1984) are
compared with the C2 classification, that has been used until now, on
explaining power. The results showed that job (controlled for education) is
especially related to food habits and the consumption of alcohol. The risk
factors athat are significant vary with the different groups. The relations
are not always linear. The different job classifications are about equally
strong in their explanation of (possible) risk factors. The variables
explained are different for each job classification.
