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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variableq10b
Labelq10b. Are you exposed at work to - noise so loud that you would have to raise your voice to talk to people?
Responses
1 All of the time 1815
2 Almost all of the time 1602
3 Around 3/4 of the time 923
4 Around half of the time 1493
5 Around 1/4 of the time 2885
6 Almost never 5066
7 Never 15801
8 DK/no opinion 58
9 Refusal 37
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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