Women Employees in Europe, 1984

<p>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</p>This survey investigated European women's jobs and attitudes to employment. <br> <br> This study is not available from the UK Data Service, but can be obtained from GESIS/ZA - see the GESIS DBK catalogue record <a href="https://dbk.gesis.org/dbksearch/sdesc2.asp?no=1197">ZA1197</a> webpage. An earlier study, carried out in 1980, is also archived there, under <a href="https://dbk.gesis.org/dbksearch/sdesc2.asp?no=1205">ZA1205</a>.<br> <br><B>Main Topics</B>:<br> Work and occupation situation of female employees in Europe. Topics: type of employment; temporary work; type of job and employer; time worked each week; area of business; company size; position in company hierarchy; company employment; age at start of employment; unemployment experience and length of unemployment; job demands and personal abilities; sex of immediate superior and of colleagues; comparison of occupational situation of women with the situation of male colleagues; assumed equal treatment of men and women in reduction in personnel; personal experiences of sex-specific discrimination in hiring of new employees; judgement on one's own chances in the job market; job security of spouse; assessment of impact in case of hypothetical unemployment of respondent as well as of spouse (scale); perceived reasons for unemployment of women; attitude to a male privilege in hiring in times of high unemployment; primary earner in the household; personal education; assumed effects of technological development on personal job and type of effects; judgement on personal preparedness as well as ability to adapt to technical changes in comparison to male colleagues; assessment of the possibility of performing the current occupation at home; interest in work at home; influence of high income taxation on interest in a job; knowledge of women not working due to high taxation; experience of sexual harassment at work; knowledge of laws on equal treatment of men and women at work; knowledge of institutions of the European Community and their occupation with problems of equality of men and women at work; judgement on the effectiveness of these departments; judgement on the efforts of trade unions for equal treatment; attitude to trade unions or membership; age at leaving school; date of birth; number of children under 8 and between 8 and 15 years in the household