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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

European Working Conditions Survey, 2015

Variable Details

Variablenace_rev1_2
LabelNACE Revision 1.1, 2 digit
Responses
1 Agriculture, hunting and related service activities 2548
2 Forestry, logging and related service activities 142
5 Fishing, fish farming and related service activities 42
10 Mining of coal and lignite; extraction of peat 49
11 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas; service activ 56
13 Mining of metal ores 4
14 Other mining and quarrying 54
15 Manufacture of food products and beverages 1036
16 Manufacture of tobacco products 24
17 Manufacture of textiles 251
18 Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing and dyeing of fur 382
19 Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, han 116
20 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except 334
21 Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products 93
22 Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media 265
23 Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear 24
24 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 364
25 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 204
26 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 216
27 Manufacture of basic metals 206
28 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery a 514
29 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 372
30 Manufacture of office machinery and computers 27
31 Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c. 223
32 Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment 88
33 Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, w 137
34 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 382
35 Manufacture of other transport equipment 121
36 Manufacture of furniture; manufacturing n.e.c. 490
37 Recycling 39
40 Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply 291
41 Collection, purification and distribution of water 123
45 Construction 2656
50 Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycl 1143
51 Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicl 1051
52 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repa 4351
55 Hotels and restaurants 2379
60 Land transport; transport via pipelines 1422
61 Water transport 123
62 Air transport 98
63 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of 499
64 Post and telecommunications 668
65 Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension fundi 720
66 Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social secu 323
67 Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation 87
70 Real estate activities 536
71 Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of p 65
72 Computer and related activities 552
73 Research and development 159
74 Other business activities 3509
75 Public administration and defence; compulsory social securit 2518
80 Education 3356
85 Health and social work 4304
90 Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activitie 357
91 Activities of membership organizations n.e.c. 221
92 Recreational, cultural and sporting activities 917
93 Other service activities 1060
95 Activities of households as employers of domestic staff 658
96 Undifferentiated goods producing activities of private house 68
97 Undifferentiated services producing activities of private ho 114
99 Extra-territorial organizations and bodies 25
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEuropean Working Conditions Survey, 2015
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.
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