Overview of Eurofound surveys Dublin 21 st October 2010 Maija Lyly-Yrjänäinen Eurofound data European Working Conditions Survey 91, 95, 00, 05, 10 European Quality of Life Survey 03, 07, 09, 10 (EB), 11 European Company Survey 04/ 05, 09 Monitoring living and working conditions in EU European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)/ EMCC European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
Country coverage of the surveys Survey # of countries Countries European Working Conditions Survey European Company Survey European Quality of Life Survey 34 (2010) 30 (2009) 31 (2007) EU27 CC3 (Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey) IPA3 (Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro) Norway EU27 CC3 (Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey) EU27 CC3 (Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey) Norway Surveys design Survey 5 th European Working Conditions Survey Sample size (people per country) 1000 2000 (+Top-ups) 2 nd European Company Survey 500 1500 2 nd European Quality of Life Survey 1000 2000 Surveyed population Working population (employees and selfemployed) aged 15+ Establishments with 10+ employees; managers and worker representatives Household survey of general population aged 18+
EWCS 2010 120 questions ECS 2009 133 items for HR 102 items for ER EQLS 2007 Surveys design Representative surveys, cross-country comparable Multiple waves (trend monitoring) Face to face interviewing; telephone for ECS Questionnaire translated in all the languages 71 questions Objectives for the surveys 1. Assess and quantify working conditions/company practices/quality of life across European countries on a harmonised basis 2. Analyse relationships between different aspects of working conditions/company practices/quality of life 3. Identify groups at risk and issues of concern 4. Monitor trends 5. Contribute to European strategies (e.g. EU 2020)
2005 2000 1995 1991 Some survey findings Work intensity has increased over time Working to tight deadlines 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% EU12 EU15 EU15 EU25 Never Almost never Around 1/4 Around half of time Around 3/4 Almost all the time All the time
Working at very high speed and health outcomes 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 stress muscpain backache All or almost all the time 3/4,half and 1/4 of the time Never and almost never Job autonomy 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 high skilled white collar low skilled white collar high skilled blue collar low skilled blue collar choose or change your order of tasks choose or change your speed or rate of work can always take a break when you wish choose or change your methods of work influence over working partners
Autonomy at work by country Autonomy indicator (employees only) 5 4 3 2 1 0 DK SE NO NL FI MT CH LU LV BE EE FR IE IT UK LT EU27 AT RO TR SI HU PL HR CY PT DE ES CZ SK EL BG Establishments with teamwork by country 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% DK SE NL MK FI BG LV AT RO UK LU LT IE PT BE DE EU 27 PL All 30 HR EE SK ES HU CZ MT FR TR SI IT CY EL Mainly autonomous teamwork Mainly hierarchically organised teamwork
index (scale 1-10) Establishments with autonomous teamwork by sector Education 38 Health and social work 34 Other community, social and personal services 26 Financial intermediation 24 Hotels and restaurants 24 All sectors 22 Real estate and business activities 21 Wholesale and retail trade, repair of goods 21 Public administration 17 Transport and communication 17 Construction 15 Manufacturing and energy 14 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Life satisfaction and happiness Figure 1: Life satisfaction and happines index, by country 9 8.5 8 7 6.3 7 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.2 7.9 7.9 8 8 8 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 7 6.9 6.9 7 7 7 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.1 7.6 7.5 7.2 7.2 7 6.6 6.5 6.2 6 6 5.8 5.6 5.2 5 5 4 Bulgaria FYROMacedonia Hungary Latvia Turkey Portugal Lithuania Croatia Romania Italy Greece Czech Republic Estonia Slovakia Austria Poland Cyprus Germany Life satisfaction Slovenia Spain France United Kingdom Belgium Malta Happiness Ireland Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Finland Sweden Denmark CC3 NMS12 EU15 EU27
BG FR SE EE HU LU LT ES DK PL EL SK Trends in life satisfaction Change in the level of life satisfaction (in scale points), 2007-2009 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 LV MT RO PT SI FI CY EU27 IE DE NL UK IT BE CZ AT -0.2-0.2-0.4-0.6-0.8-1 Trends in trust in parliament 1.5 Change in trust in national parliament, 2007-2009 Change in trust in the national parliament, 2007-2009 Scale points on a scale 1-10 1.0 0.5 0.0-0.5-1.0-1.5-2.0
Eurofound surveys results Survey analysis reports Overview report Resume Thematic in-depth analysis Survey Map Tool Survey datasets (Essex data archive) Latest survey results: Launch of the 5 th EWCS in November EU27, Turkey, Croatia, Macedonia, Norway, Montenegro, Kosovo and Albania New questions on blurring frontiers between work and life, psychosocial risks, precariousness, leadership The first publications concern trends in working conditions in Europe in the past 20 years First finding on trends in working conditions and selection of data (Survey Map Tool) available in November Very first results are available in the end of 2010 and dataset in 2011 2012.
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