Recent social research shows a renewed interest in detailed characteristics of jobs.
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) and census classification systems as
bases for measures of job features are reviewed. The article reports on a set of
characteristics that have been estimated for detailed 1960 and 1970 census
categories, including those generated by Temme and new indicators for routiniza
tion and closeness of supervision in work. The report includes information on how
the measures were generated, evidence on their validity as assessed against
corresponding individual-level measures, and an assessment of the measurement
slippage involved in moving between the different occupation classification
systems.
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