Why are the occupational safety and health statistics changing classification systems to NAICS and SOC?
The United States adopted the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) as the standard industrial and occupational classification systems to be used by all Federal statistical agencies to provide a means of comparing data across agencies. A U.S. Office of Management and Budget mandate requires all statistical agencies to make this change. In addition, NAICS is designed to provide comparability between statistical systems of the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the three partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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