KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE BUSINESS SERVICES

at http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/surveys/ewcs/2010/sectorprofiles.htm

Eurofound has produced a secondary statistical analysis of the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (2010).  Good data on gender, workplace size, and much else.  See the original main report at http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/surveys/ewcs/2010/index.htm for conventional statistical classifications 

The new report Working conditions and job quality: Comparing sectors in Europe  aims to capture the diversity prevalent across sectors in Europe in terms of working conditions and job quality. The report pinpoints trends across sectors in areas such as working time and work–life balance, work organisation, skills and training, employee representation and the psychosocial and physical environment. It identifies sectors that score particularly well or particularly poorly in terms of job quality and sheds light on differences between sectors in terms of health and well-being.
The information sheets show how each sector compares to the European average, as well as patterns in the differences and similarities of groups of workers within the sector. In all, 33 sectoral information sheets have been produced : they are presented as they become available.

Sectoral information sheets to date:

• Agriculture
• Agro-food
• Chemical
• Furniture
• Human health
• Metal industry
• Media and communications
• Retail
• Social work
• Wholesale

As for the original main report:
5th EWCS overview report now available online
Fieldwork for the 5th European Working Conditions Survey was carried out between January and June of 2010. The questionnaire covered issues of precarious employment, leadership styles and worker participation as well as the general job context, working time, work organisation, pay, work-related health risks, cognitive and psychosocial factors, work-life balance and access to training. A number of questions were included to capture the impact of the economic downturn on working conditions.
Almost 44,000 workers were interviewed, covering 34 countries – EU27, Norway, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo – making this wave the most comprehensive one so far, in terms of geographical coverage. The 5th EWCS was implemented by Gallup Europe, who worked within a strong quality assurance framework, to ensure the highest possible standards in all data collection and editing processes. Data tables complementing the survey mapping tool are available for download. The full 2010 Dataset is also available.