Summary information
Study title
European Working Conditions Survey Integrated Data File, 1991-2015
Creator
Eurofound
Study number / PID
7363 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-7363-9 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) is conducted by Eurofound (the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Since its launch in 1990, the EWCS has provided an overview of working conditions in Europe. The main objectives of the survey are to:assess and quantify working conditions of both employees and the self-employed across Europe on a harmonised basis;analyse relationships between different aspects of working conditions;identify groups at risk and issues of concern as well as of progress;monitor trends by providing homogeneous indicators on these issues; andcontribute to European policy development in particular on quality of work and employment issues.Themes covered include employment status, working time duration and organisation, work organisation, learning and training, physical and psychosocial risk factors, health and safety, work-life balance, worker participation, earnings and financial security, as well as work and health.The EWCS paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. Its findings highlight actions for policy actors to help them address the challenges facing Europe today. The EWCS is generally conducted once every five years, although an extra wave was conducted in 2001 to cover the new acceding and candidate EU countries. The survey is based on a questionnaire which is administered face-to-face to a random sample of 'persons in employment' (i.e. employees and the self-employed), representative of the working population in each EU country. An integrated dataset is also available (see SN 7363) which combines data from the first five waves of the survey in one file.
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Methodology
Data collection period
01/01/1991 - 01/01/2015
Country
European Union Countries (1993-), Switzerland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Kosovo, France, Germany (October 1990-), Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Time dimension
Repeated cross-sectional study
Time Series
Analysis unit
Individuals
Cross-national
National
Universe
Persons in employment (employees and self-employed) during 1991-2015. Composition of the countries differs from wave to wave as it follows: Sixth EWCS in 2015: EU28, Norway, Switzerland, Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey; Fifth EWCS in 2010: EU27, Norway, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo; Fourth EWCS in 2005: EU27, plus Norway, Croatia, Turkey and Switzerland; Third EWCS in 2000: EU15 and Norway were surveyed in a first phase, with the survey being extended to cover the 12 'new' Member States in 2001, and Turkey in 2002 in a second phase; Second EWCS in 1995/1996: EU15; First EWCS in 1990/1991: EC12
Sampling procedure
Multi-stage stratified random sample
Kind of data
Numeric
Data collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2013
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
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