Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2015

Variable Details

VariableQ85
LabelQ85 - Has your workplace or work activity been changed to accommodate for your illness or health problem?
Question text You mentioned earlier that you have an illness or a health problem which has lasted, or is expected to last, for more than 6 months. Has your workplace or work activity been changed to accommodate for your illness or health problem?
Responses
1 Yes 1679
2 No 6001
8 Don't know (spontaneous) 101
9 Refusal (spontaneous) 44
Sysmiss 36025
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Working Conditions Survey, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsRationale: Changes in workplace or work activity may be more relevant in relation to existing physical and mental limitation in executing usual daily activities rather than in the presence of health problem per se. In case of change of filtering, first sentence should be changed to: “You said earlier that you are limited in your daily activities due to health problem.” ONE ANSWER ONLY
UniverseLocation of units of observation: Cross-national; National;Population: All residents of the countries mentioned above aged 15 or older (16 or older in Bulgaria, Norway, Spain and the UK) and in employment at the time of the survey. People were considered to be in employment if they had worked for pay or profit for at least an hour in the week preceding the interview (ILO definition).
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Sixth survey in the EWCS series.