European Working Conditions Survey 2024 - Cognitive Pretest

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Eurofound is preparing to transition the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) from a computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) to self-administered online data collection. GESIS was contracted to adapt the CAPI master questionnaire, translate the adapted online questionnaire into German and Polish, and cognitively pretest the online questionnaire using cross-cultural cognitive interviews and web probing. The main goal of cognitive testing was assessing the comparability of the adapted online questionnaire to the original face-to-face questionnaire. Further objectives were testing whether the online questionnaire is suitable for cross-cultural research and applies gender-sensitive language.

*Note: The items were tested in English, German and Polish.*

Citation:

Hadler, P., Lenzner, T., Schick, L., Steins, P., & Neuert, C. (2022): European Working Conditions Survey 2024. Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

DOI:

10.17173/pretest116

Question No.	Pretesting Results	Type	Construct
1	Do you have one, or more than one job or business?	Single Question	Number of jobs
2	Including yourself, how many people in total work at your workplace, that is at the local site where you work?	Single Question	People working at workplace
3	Version 1: Are you working as an employee or are you self-employed? [with two or more jobs:] Are you working as an employee or are you self-employed in your main job? Version 2: Are you working as an employee or are you self-employed?	Single Question	Employee self-declared
4	In which sector of the economy do you work?	Single Question	Economy sector
5	Until what age do you want to work?	Single Question	Work until which age
6	Version 1: In total, how many minutes per day do you usually spend travelling from home to work and back? Version 2: In total, how many minutes per day do you usually spend travelling from home to work and back for your main job?	Single Question	Time spent commuting
7	Version 1: How many hours do you usually work per week in your main paid job? Version 2: How many hours do you usually work per week in your paid job? Filter: How many hours do you work usually per month in your main paid job? How many hours do you work usually per month in your paid job?	Single Question	Work hours
8	Provided that you could make a free choice regarding your working hours and taking into account the need to earn a living: How many hours per week would you prefer to work at present? Filter: Provided that you could make a free choice regarding your working hours and taking into account the need to earn a living: How many hours per month would you prefer to work at present?	Single Question	Preferred work hours
9	During the last 12 months, how often have you worked in any of the following locations?	Single Question	Locations of work
10	Over the last 12 months, did you suffer under any of the following health problems?	Single Question	Health problems
11	How often does your main paid job involve the following?	Single Question	Risks
12	How often does your main paid job involve the following?	Single Question	Working conditions
13	Would you decribe yourself as...?	Single Question	Gender identity
14	What is the gender of your immediate boss?	Single Question	Gender of immediate boss
15	To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about your immediate [male/female] boss?	Multi-Item Scale	Boss description
16	Which of these categories describes your current situation the best?	Single Question	Work status
17	Version 1:What is the title of your job? Version 1: What do you mainly do in your job? Version 2: Search tree	Single Question	Job title & Job description
18	What sector of business or industry is the company or organisation where you work mainly active in?	Single Question	Sector

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