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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variableq4rec
Labelq4. What is the main activity of the company or organisation where you work?
Responses
1 Agriculture, hunting and related service activities 1449
2 Forestry, logging and related service activities 121
5 Fishing, fish farming and related service activities 42
10 Mining of coal and lignite; extraction of peat 53
11 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas; service activ 68
12 Mining of uranium and thorium ores 1
13 Mining of metal ores 13
14 Other mining and quarrying 49
15 Manufacture of food products and beverages 739
16 Manufacture of tobacco products 22
17 Manufacture of textiles 264
18 Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing and dyeing of fur 433
19 Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, han 83
20 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except 242
21 Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products 104
22 Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media 258
23 Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear 44
24 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 220
25 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 183
26 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 165
27 Manufacture of basic metals 211
28 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery a 346
29 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 360
30 Manufacture of office machinery and computers 40
31 Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c. 204
32 Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment 94
33 Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, w 79
34 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 187
35 Manufacture of other transport equipment 82
36 Manufacture of furniture; manufacturing n.e.c. 336
37 Recycling 29
40 Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply 398
41 Collection, purification and distribution of water 85
45 Construction 1963
50 Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycl 568
51 Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicl 650
52 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repa 2961
55 Hotels and restaurants 1195
60 Land transport; transport via pipelines 832
61 Water transport 86
62 Air transport 123
63 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of 256
64 Post and telecommunications 490
65 Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension fundi 498
66 Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social secu 292
67 Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation 174
70 Real estate activities 189
71 Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of p 29
72 Computer and related activities 319
73 Research and development 209
74 Other business activities 1240
75 Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit 1985
80 Education 2778
85 Health and social work 2876
90 Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activitie 179
91 Activities of membership organizations n.e.c. 169
92 Recreational, cultural and sporting activities 570
93 Other service activities 1420
95 Activities of households as employers of domestic staff 176
96 Undifferentiated goods producing activities of private house 43
97 Undifferentiated services producing activities of private ho 32
99 Extra-territorial organizations and bodies 35
888 DK/No opinion 91
999 Refusal 248
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Working Conditions Survey, 2005
UniverseCross-national; National;The survey covered the total active population of the respective nationalities of the EU member states, aged 15 years and over, resident in the countries involved in the survey. Retired and unemployed persons, housewives and students, etc., were excluded. Non-Europeans were included, on condition that they could be interviewed in the national language(s) of the country where they work.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; fourth survey in the EWCS series.
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