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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey Integrated Data File, 1991-2010

Variable Details

Variabley10_q2_1
Labelq23_b. 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 7197
2 Almost all of the time 7144
3 Around 3/4 of the time 4393
4 Around half of the time 7230
5 Around 1/4 of the time 13380
6 Almost never 23343
7 Never 71798
8 DK 333
9 Refusal 91
Sysmiss 146
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Working Conditions Survey Integrated Data File, 1991-2010
UniverseCross-national; National;Persons in employment (employees and self-employed) in the European Union Member States, Norway, Switzerland and Acceding and Candidate countries to the EU, 1991-2010 (composition of the countries differs from wave to wave).
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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