Answer Categories
English version:
Yes, as my main job
Yes, as a secondary or occasional job
No, never
German version:
Ja, in meiner Hauptbeschäftigung
Ja, als Neben- oder Gelegenheitsjob
Nein, nie
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Recommendations:
Question: For the German version, we would recommend splitting the question in two
separate questions because it is asking multiple questions: 1) Did the respondents
use the internet? 2) For which type of job? In order to reduce the
complexity of the question it is necessary to ask these questions separately
in the German version:
Question 1: “Haben Sie in den letzten 12 Monaten eine Internet-Plattform / App (z.B.
Upwork, TaskRabbit, Amazon Mechanical Turk) genutzt, um nach Arbeit zu
suchen?“
Ja
Nein
Question 2 (if selected “Ja”): “Um was für eine Art der Beschäftigung handelte es sich dabei?“
Meine Hauptbeschäftigung
Einen Neben- oder Gelegenheitsjob
An alternative solution would be to simplify the sentence structure and to
first ask the main question and then provide any definition or examples afterwards:
“Haben Sie in den letzten 12 Monaten eine Online-Vermittlungsplattform /
App genutzt, um neben- oder hauptberuflich einer bezahlten Erwerbstätigkeit
nachzugehen?
Beispiele für Online-Vermittlungsplattformen sind Upwork, TaskRabbit oder
Amazon Mechanical Turk.“
In a similar vein, we recommend adapting the English version accordingly:
“In the last 12 months, have you used any internet platform/app as an intermediary
for you to obtain regular or occasional paid work to carry out in
a self-employed capacity?
Examples for internet platforms/apps are Upwork, TaskRabbit, Amazon Mechanical
Turk.“
Answer categories: No changes recommended.