Overall Satisfaction with Working Conditions

Source: Data for Europe from the Third European Study on Working Conditions 2000 (ESWC) [Q-38]. Data for Canada and the U.S. from Ekos Rethinking North American Integration Survey (ERNAIS), 2002 [ Canada Data - Q-96; U.S. Data – Q-99].

Question: On the whole, are you very satisfied, fairly satisfied, not very satisfied or not at all satisfied with working conditions in your main paid job?

Notes: The Third European Study on Working Conditions 2000 (ESWC) was conducted by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The survey contains detailed data collected through face-to-face interviews with 21,703 workers in 15 European Union (EU) member states in 2000. The goal of the survey was to provide an overview of the state of working conditions in the EU by collecting data on a wide range of issues relating to the quality of work. The survey sample included persons who where either employees (full and part-time) or self-employed at the time of the interview. All the data in the ESWC were statistically weighted to ensure the sample’s region, city, size, gender, age, economic activity, and occupation reflected the actual population according to the Europe 1997 Labour Force Survey (LFS).

The Ekos Rethinking North American Integration Survey (ERNAIS) was fielded in 2002. The survey contains data on questions around identity, belonging, and values from interviews with 5,004 respondents in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. All the data were statistically weighted to ensure that the sample’s regional, gender, and age composition reflected that of the actual population according to Census data. The original survey sample included all persons who were 18 years of age and over. Only data for persons who were employees (full or part-time) or self-employed at the time of the interview were included in this study. Workers from Mexico were not included in this study.