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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variablehh2d
Labelhh2d. Economic status - Respondent
Responses
1 at work as employee or employer/self-employed 28451
2 at work, on child-care leave or other leave 252
3 at work as relative assisting on family farm or business 207
4 unemployed less than 12 months 47
5 unemployed 12 months or more 18
6 unable to work due to long-term illness or disability 17
7 retired 172
8 full time homemaker/ looking after the home 36
9 in education (at school, university, etc.) / student 267
10 other 121
88 DK/No opinion 50
99 Refusal 42
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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