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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Company Survey, 2013

Variable Details

Variableiw_lang
LabelLanguage of Interview
Responses
1 German (Austria) 972
2 French (Belgium) 418
3 Bulgarian 504
4 Dutch (Belgium) 553
5 Cypriot 451
6 Czech 987
7 German 1470
8 Danish 981
9 Spanish Catalan (Spain) 59
10 Estonian 462
11 Greek (Greece) 1001
12 English 1501
13 Russian (Estonia) 35
14 Spanish 1415
15 Finnish 991
16 French 1462
17 Swedish (Finland) 1
18 Croatian 450
19 Hungarian 1016
20 English (Ireland) 488
21 Icelandic 451
22 Italian 1528
23 German (Luxembourg) 2
24 French (Luxembourg) 503
25 Russian (Latvia) 38
26 Lithuanian 494
27 Latvian 467
28 English (Malta) 87
29 Macedonian 448
30 Montenegrin 282
31 Maltese 193
32 Dutch 1010
33 Polish 1436
34 Portugal 1002
35 Romanian 503
36 Swedish 997
37 Slovene 498
38 Slovak 496
39 Turkish 1367
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Company Survey, 2013
UniverseLocation of units of observation: Cross-national; National;Population: Managers and employees from establishments based in the EU, with 10 or more employees.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The sample used in the 3rd ECS aims at a full representation of businesses and other organisations with 10 or more employees in each country covered by the survey. In each country, a multi-stage, stratified random sampling design was used. The sampling approach takes into account the challenges in terms of the coverage criteria and in providing a coherent approach across the countries. For further details, see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The ECS is conducted once every 4-5 years.
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