Eurobarometer 56.1 : Social Exclusion and Modernization of Pension Systems, September-October 2001 Thomas Christensen.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 3475.

ICPSR ; 3475

Eurobarometer Survey Series ; 3475

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

2006-10-18.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This round of Eurobarometer surveys diverged from standard questions instead it focused on the social exclusion and modernization of pension systems in European Union countries. Respondents were asked why people were socially excluded, what the role of government should be in reducing the risk of poverty and social exclusion, how satisfied they were with their lives, whether there were people in their neighborhoods who lived in poverty, and what it meant to live properly. They were also asked whether they had financial problems, and if so, for how long and what had caused them. A number of questions focused on problems related to work. Respondents were asked whether they had been unemployed in the last five years and if so for how long. Those employed or self-employed were asked questions concerning job satisfaction, the type of organization for which they worked, the number of hours worked, their job title, number of people employed at their workplace, how long they had been continuously employed, and what they took into consideration when choosing a job. They were also asked whether their job was interesting and secure, whether they had to work hard and under pressure, whether their employers paid for training or education, whether they had friends at work, and whether they had influence over the decision-making processes at their workplace and in deciding how to do their tasks. They also compared different aspects of their current job with what they had been doing five years ago, described relations between management and employees, and commented on how their work affected their health and their lives after work. Another major focus of the surveys was the pension system. Those who had already retired were asked at what age they had retired, what the main source of their retirement income was, whether their current financial situation was better than before retireme... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03475

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2008-01-04.

Start: 2001-09-17; and end: 2001-10-26.

OCLC:

61155004

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