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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2000

Variable Details

Variableq11e_n
LabelQ.11.5. - Please tell me, using the following scale, are you exposed at work to …
Responses
1 All of the time 1080
2 Almost all of the time 998
3 Around 3/4 of the time 487
4 Around half of the time 774
5 Around 1/4 of the time 1440
6 Almost never 2910
7 Never 13931
8 DK 83
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Working Conditions Survey, 2000
Interviewer Instructions1. vibrations from hand tools,machinery, etc. 2. noise so loud that you would have to raise your voice to talk to people 3. high temperatures which make you perspire even when not working 4. low temperatures whether indoors or outdoors 5. breathing in vapours, fumes, dust, or dangerous substances such as: chemicals, infectious materials, etc. 6. handling or touching dangerous products or substances 7. radiation such as X rays, radioactive radiation, welding light, laser beams
UniverseCross-national; National;Individual 'persons in employment', according to the Eurostat Labour Force Survey definition, i.e. employees and self-employed persons aged 15 or over, resident in the 15 European Union member states and Norway, in 2000.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; third survey in the EWCS series.
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