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Title: European Working Conditions Survey, 1991
Keywords: WORKING CONDITIONS
EUROPEAN UNION
HOUSEHOLDS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
GENDER
AGE
CITIZENSHIP
EMPLOYMENT
OCCUPATIONS
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
SELF-EMPLOYED
EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
INDUSTRIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
SUPERVISORY STATUS
HOURS OF WORK
SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENT
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
VIBRATIONS
EXPOSURE TO NOISE
INDUSTRIAL NOISE
FUMES
TEMPERATURE
RADIATION
PASSIVE SMOKING
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS
MANUAL WORKERS
REPETITIVE WORK
WORKPLACE
HOME-BASED WORK
TELEWORK
CUSTOMERS
COMPUTERS
INTERNET
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR
INFORMATION SOURCES
COMMUTING
SHIFT WORK
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL LIFE
QUALITY CONTROL
PROBLEM SOLVING
DECISION MAKING
PEER-GROUP RELATIONSHIPS
MANAGERS
HOLIDAY LEAVE
JOB SATISFACTION
TRAINING
ASSAULT
BULLYING
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
SEX DISCRIMINATION
NATIONALITY DISCRIMINATION
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS
WORKERS PARTICIPATION
HEALTH
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS
VISION IMPAIRMENTS
SKIN DISEASES
BACK PAIN
HEADACHES
STOMACH DISORDERS
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES
RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES
HEART DISEASES
STRESS (PSYCHOLOGICAL)
FATIGUE (PHYSIOLOGY)
SLEEP DISORDERS
ALLERGIES
ANXIETY
EMOTIONAL STATES
MATERNITY LEAVE
PATERNITY LEAVE
EDUCATIONAL LEAVE
SICK LEAVE
LEAVE
FAMILIES
ACCIDENTS AT WORK
INDUSTRIAL INJURIES
JOB SECURITY
WAGES
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
FRIENDS
OCCUPATIONAL LIFE
CHIEF INCOME EARNERS
VOLUNTARY WORK
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
CHILD CARE
FAMILY LIFE
CARE OF DEPENDANTS
EDUCATIONAL COURSES
SOCIAL PARTICIPATION
BONUS PAYMENTS
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
PROFIT SHARING
SHARES
FREQUENCY OF PAY
TELEPHONES
POLITICAL ATTITUDES
TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP
SOCIAL CLASS
HOUSING TENURE
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION
RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
JOB CHANGING
RESPONSIBILITY
AUTONOMY AT WORK
LEGISLATION
LABOUR LAW
DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES
UNSOCIAL WORKING HOURS
FLEXIBLE WORKING TIME
WORK-LIFE BALANCE
1991
Belgium
Denmark
European Community Countries (-1993)
France
Germany (October 1990-)
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
Description: <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p>The <i>European Working Conditions Survey</i> (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:</p><p><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><p>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.<br></p>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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> </p>
The EWCS 1990-1991 also formed part of the <i>Euro-Barometer 35A: Working Conditions, Spring 1991</i> survey (see under SN 2954).<br> <br>
<B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>
Topics covered included: exposure to noise, bad weather and other hazardous conditions during work; repetitive, tiring or painful working activities; choice and decision-making regarding work tasks, methods and order of activities; access to sufficient information regarding work tasks; adequacy of training and equipment; support from colleagues and managers; whether wages are dependent on respondents' work rate; whether health and safety risks are present due to working conditions; attempts to change job to seek healthier or safer work; hours worked per week.
URI: https://t2-4.bsc.es/jspui/handle/123456789/58077
Other Identifiers: 5603
10.5255/UKDA-SN-5603-2
http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5603-2
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