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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 8098 European Working Conditions Survey, 2015 809810.5255/UKDA-SN-8098-5 Eurofound Copyright European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions UK Data Service 05 December 2016 HOURS OF WORKFLEXIBLE WORKING TIMEWORK-LIFE BALANCEUNSOCIAL WORKING HOURSFULL-TIME EMPLOYMENTTRADE UNION MEMBERSHIPCONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENTEDUCATIONAL COURSESHOLIDAY LEAVEHEARING IMPAIRMENTSCOMPUTERSFAMILY LIFECOMMUTINGASSAULTJOB SATISFACTIONEMPLOYMENT CONTRACTSPERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEARMANUAL WORKERSHEART DISEASESSEXUAL HARASSMENTSOCIAL LIFERESPONSIBILITYDISABILITY DISCRIMINATIONHEALTHFATIGUE (PHYSIOLOGY)SUPERVISORY STATUSDECISION MAKINGRACIAL DISCRIMINATIONSICK LEAVERADIATIONTRAININGANXIETYPUBLIC HEALTH RISKSSKIN DISEASESOCCUPATIONAL LIFEPERSONAL SAFETYFREQUENCY OF PAYSELF-EMPLOYEDRELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONAUTONOMY AT WORKVIBRATIONSEMPLOYEESSHIFT WORKWORKPLACETELEWORKCHILD CAREJOB CHANGINGPEER-GROUP RELATIONSHIPSNATIONALITY DISCRIMINATIONSEX DISCRIMINATIONINDUSTRIAL NOISECAREER DEVELOPMENTEDUCATIONAL LEAVEMANAGERSPRODUCTION MANAGEMENTINFORMATION SOURCESLABOUR LAWCARE OF DEPENDANTSPASSIVE SMOKINGBACK PAINMATERNITY LEAVEINDUSTRIAL INJURIESSLEEP DISORDERSPATERNITY LEAVEPROFIT SHARINGCUSTOMERSEMPLOYMENT HISTORYHOUSEHOLDSEXPOSURE TO NOISESOCIAL CLASSQUALITY CONTROLEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDHOME-BASED WORKHEADACHESINTERNETEUROPEAN UNIONWORKERS PARTICIPATIONPRIVATE SECTORPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPROBLEM SOLVINGSTOMACH DISORDERSEMOTIONAL STATESFINANCIAL INCENTIVESEMPLOYMENTSUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENTPHYSICAL ACTIVITIESDOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITYFRIENDSCHIEF INCOME EARNERSPOLITICAL ATTITUDESSHARESHOUSING TENURECITIZENSHIPOCCUPATIONAL DISEASESOCCUPATIONAL SAFETYVISION IMPAIRMENTSWORKING CONDITIONSVOLUNTARY WORKMUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASESACCIDENTS AT WORKJOB SECURITYGENDERWAGESRELIGIOUS ATTENDANCESOCIAL PARTICIPATIONALLERGIESTELEPHONESFAMILIESCHILD DAY CAREINDUSTRIESPARENTAL LEAVESTRESS (PSYCHOLOGICAL)LEGISLATIONBONUS PAYMENTSAGEOCCUPATIONSRESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASESREPETITIVE WORKPUBLIC SECTORBULLYINGDISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOMOSEXUALSFUMESPART-TIME EMPLOYMENTRELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATIONTEMPERATURELEAVERISKMANAGEMENT OPERATIONSCOMMUNICATION PROCESSQUALITY OF LIFEPAYMENTSHARASSMENTHEALTH STATUS Social conditions and indicatorsLabour and employmentSocial behaviour and attitudes 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:<ul><li>assess and quantify working conditions of both employees and the self-employed across Europe on a harmonised basis;</li><li>analyse relationships between different aspects of working conditions;</li><li>identify groups at risk and issues of concern as well as of progress;</li><li>monitor trends by providing homogeneous indicators on these issues; and</li><li>contribute to European policy development in particular on quality of work and employment issues.</li></ul>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. Before working with the EWCS data, users are recommended to read the latest supplementary supporting documentation on the Eurofound <a href="http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/surveys/european-working-conditions-surveys" title="European Working Conditions Survey" target="_blank">European Working Conditions Survey</a> webpages. Further information about the series can be found there, including methodological information, technical reports and reports on translation, sampling implementation, sampling evaluation and weighting, coding, quality control, quality assurance and other publications. The sixth EWCS interviewed nearly 44,000 workers in 35 countries. Its findings provide detailed information on a broad range of issues, including exposure to physical and psychosocial risks, work organisation, work–life balance, and health and well-being, the reconciliation of work and private life and the sustainability of work. For the 4th edition (June 2017), an updated version of the data file was deposited. Improvements in the population figures have led to a revision to the post-stratification weights of the 6th EWCS dataset, affecting the weighting variables w4, w5_EU12, w5_EU15, w5_EU27 and w5_EU28. Although Eurofound considers that this revision should only result in marginal changes in the weighted data, users are recommended to re-run analyses using the new weights in order to assess whether the change has had any impact on the outcome. The Readme file has been updated accordingly. Main Topics: The 2015 questionnaire included information on: employment status, sectors and occupations, company size; physical environment; work intensity; working time and commuting; social environment; work-related health risks and well-being; cognitive and psychosocial factors; harassment and discrimination; skills, training and discretion; job prospects, job security and sustainability; work satisfaction; earnings; unpaid work; work-life balance. Demographic information was also collected. Standard Measures: The International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO), Nomenclature generale des Activites Economiques dans les Communautes Europeennes (NACE) and International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) schedules were used. 16 February 2015 - 07 December 201516 February 201507 December 2015 AlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGermany (October 1990-)GreeceHungaryIrelandItalyLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgMacedoniaMaltaMontenegroNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUnited Kingdom IndividualsCross-nationalNational All residents of the countries mentioned above aged 15 or older (16 or older in Bulgaria, Norway, Spain and the UK) and in employment at the time of the survey. People were considered to be in employment if they had worked for pay or profit for at least an hour in the week preceding the interview (ILO definition). 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