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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variableq8a
Labelq8a. How many hours do you usually work per week in your main paid job?
Responses
1 6
2 40
3 28
4 65
5 91
5.5 1
6 80
7 63
8 198
9 57
10 286
10.5 1
11 20
12 154
13 20
14 59
15 215
16 161
16.5 1
17 45
17.5 1
18 162
18.5 1
19 79
19.5 6
20 1021
20.5 1
21 110
22 126
22.5 1
23 79
24 300
25 420
26 72
27 67
27.5 1
28 147
29 47
30 1117
31 38
32 333
32.5 1
33 86
34 101
34.75 1
35 1376
36 652
36.25 1
36.5 1
37 979
37.5 15
38 1513
38.5 1
39 559
40 9493
41 81
42 839
42.5 2
43 208
44 165
45 1150
46 128
47 44
47.5 1
48 1112
49 61
50 1604
51 12
52 62
53 15
54 81
55 275
56 208
57 17
58 28
59 3
60 921
61 2
62 7
63 37
64 19
65 67
66 31
67 9
68 5
69 1
70 375
72 125
74 2
75 21
76 6
77 15
78 19
80 117
81 2
82 8
83 1
84 128
85 21
86 2
88 10
89 1
90 33
91 7
95 2
96 5
97 1
98 16
99 1
100 42
102 2
105 23
106 1
110 3
112 8
119 2
120 8
124 1
150 1
168 3
888 DK/no opinion 812
999 Refusal 162
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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