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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variableq2aOK
Labelq2a. What is the title of your main paid job?
Responses
1 Armed forces 188
11 Legislators and senior officials 118
12 Corporate managers 611
13 Managers of small enterprises 1458
21 Physical, mathematical and engineering science professionals 586
22 Life science and health professionals 690
23 Teaching professionals 1581
24 Other professionals 1199
31 Physical and engineering science associate professionals 677
32 Life science and health associate professionals 924
33 Teaching associate professionals 704
34 Other associate professionals 1964
41 Office clerks 2624
42 Customer services clerks 1098
51 Personal and protective services workers 2128
52 Models, salespersons and demonstrators 1529
61 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 1098
71 Extraction and building trades workers 1225
72 Metal, machinery and related trades workers 1211
73 Precision, handicraft, craft printing and related trades wor 455
74 Other craft and related trades workers 1073
81 Stationary plant and related operators 383
82 Machine operators and assemblers 701
83 Drivers and mobile plant operators 1080
88 DK/No opinion 46
91 Sales and services elementary occupations 2847
92 Agricultural, fishery and related labourers 404
93 Labourers in mining, constr., manufact. & transport 951
99 Refusal 127
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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