Its purpose was to study the profession of occupational health as it is being performed today, and ask the question as to how it should be defined in today's terminology. A very high response rate was achieved in both surveys, allowing AIHA to project the following results to the membership with confidence and to relate the figures comfortably to the entire profession. The trend continues that the women tend to be younger than the men. The average age for women is 39.6 years versus 44.6 for the men. The respondents in the survey are somewhat more senior in their profession than in 1994.
Graduate degrees command a premium.
IH, other, environment and safety. The job market seems more stable. Respondents have been with their current employer an average of 8.6 years.