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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2000

Variable Details

Variableq12b
LabelQ.12.2. - Please tell me, using the following scale, does your main paid job involve …
Responses
1 All of the time 1044
2 Almost all of the time 1255
3 Around 3/4 of the time 854
4 Around half of the time 1446
5 Around 1/4 of the time 3214
6 Almost never 4537
7 Never 9311
8 DK 42
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Working Conditions Survey, 2000
Interviewer Instructions1. painful or tiring positions 2. carrying or moving heavy loads 3. repetitive hand or arm movements 4. working with computers: PCs,network, mainframe 5. teleworking from home with a PC 6. working at home (home being your normal workplace), excluding teleworking 7. dealing directly with people who are not employees at your workplace such as customers, passengers, pupils, patients, etc. 8. wearing personal protective equipment
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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