Work and Employment¶

The work and employment modules provide information on diverse employment-related topics including the respondent’s first job, further training, changes in working conditions following parenthood, part-time work, and unemployment. Modules cover not only objective information such as working hours but also subjective perceptions of working conditions and feelings about work.

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Questionnaire

Module

Years

Variables

Preview

Individual Questionnaire

Average Weekly Hours

plb0726, plb0727

[2022]

Care period (Pflegezeit)

[2011-2019], [2015-2019, 2021], [2011-2014,2020]

plb0020_h, plb0020_v1, plb0020_v2

[2022, 2023]

Change of job

[1985-2020], [1985-1993], [1994-2020, 2021]

plb0031_h, plb0031_v1, plb0031_v2

[2022, 2023]

Change of job, Early Retirement

[2011-2020, 2021]

plb0480

[2022, 2023]

Change of job, Interruption due to Children

[2010-2020, 2021]

plb0295

[2022, 2023]

Change of job, Month Change in Company

[1985-1993]

plb0033_v5

Change of job, Month First Job

[1985-1993]

plb0033_v1

Change of job, Month Position taken up

[1994-2020, 2021]

plb0033_v7

[2022, 2023]

Change of job, Month Self Employed

[1985-1993]

plb0033_v4

Change of job, Month Taken Over

[1991-1993]

plb0033_v6

Change of job, Month Work resumed

[1985-1993]

plb0033_v2

Change of job, Month new Employer

[1985-1993]

plb0033_v3

Change of job, Number of Changes

[2012-2020, 2021]

plb0478, plb0479

[2022, 2023]

Change of job, Start Current Position non-response

[2004-2020]

plb0034

Change of job, Start new Position

[1994-2020, 2021]

plb0032

[2022, 2023]

Change of job, Type of Change

[1994-2020], [1994-2004], [2005-2020, 2021]

plb0284_h, plb0284_v1, plb0284_v2

[2022, 2023]

Changes in workplace tools / technologies

[2015-2018]

plb0595

Changes in workplace tools / technologies, Influnces

[2015-2018]

plb0596, plb0597, plb0598, plb0599, plb0600

Commuter Module, Distance

(irregular) [1985-2019, 2021]

plb0158

[2023]

Commuter Module, Frequency

[2015,2017,2019, 2021]

plb0591

Commuter Module, No Cummute

[1985,1990], [1993,1995,1997-1999], [2000-2013,2015,2017,2019, 2021]

plb0159_v1, plb0159_v2, plb0159_v3

[2023]

Commuter Module, Second Residence

[2015,2017,2019, 2021]

plb0589, plb0590

Commuter Module, Time

[2015,2017,2019, 2021]

plb0592

[2023]

Contract to Provide Specific Services (Werkvertrag)

[2013,2015]

plb0482

Contractual working hours, Actual working hours

[1984-2020], [1984-1990], [1990-2019]

plb0186_h, plb0186_v1, plb0186_v2

Contractual working hours, Desired working hours

[1985-1995,1997-2019], [1985-1995,1997-1999,2016], [2000-2015,2017-2019]

plb0241_h, plb0241_v1, plb0241_v2

Contractual working hours, Not fixed

[1987-1989], [1984-1986,1990-2021]

plb0185_v1, plb0185_v2

[2022, 2023]

Contractual working hours, Working days

(irregular) [1990-2021]

plb0209, plb0210

[2022, 2023]

Current job, Civil Servant

[1984-2021]

plb0065

[2022, 2023]

Current job, Civil Service

[1984-2021]

plb0040

Current job, Employment Agency

[2001-2021]

plb0041

Current job, Fixed-Term Employment

[1985-2020], [1985-1999], [2000-2005], [2006-2021]

plb0037_h, plb0037_v1, plb0037_v2, plb0037_v3

[2022, 2023]

Current job, Industrial Worker

[1984-2021]

plb0058

[2022, 2023]

Current job, Month current Position

[1984-1988,1990-1993,1996-2021]

plb0035

[2022, 2023]

Current job, Number of Employees

[1984-1990], [1990], [1991-1998], [1999-2004], [2005-2015]

plb0049_v1, plb0049_v2, plb0049_v3, plb0049_v4, plb0049_v5

Current job, Number of Employees Self Employed

[1984-2020], [2014-2020]

plb0057_h2, plb0057_v8

Current job, Occupational Status

[2019], [2014-2020]

plb0568_v1, plb0568_v2

[2022, 2023]

Current job, Salaried employees

[1984-1990], [1991-2018, 2021]

plb0064_v1, plb0064_v2

Current job, Self Employed

[1984-2020], [2014-2020]

plb0057_h1, plb0057_v1, plb0057_v2, plb0057_v3, plb0057_v4, plb0057_v5, plb0057_v6, plb0057_v7, plb0057_v9

[2022, 2023]

Current job, Trainee/Intern

[1984-1999], [1990]

plb0063_v1, plb0063_v2

Current job, Working at current Employer

[1984-1988,1990-2020], [1984-1988,1990-1998], [1999-2021]

plb0036_h, plb0036_v1, plb0036_v2

[2022, 2023]

Digitalisation in the workplace

[2020]

perlarb1, perlarb2, perlarb3, perlarb4, perlarb5, perlarb6, perlarb7, perlarb8, perlarb9, perlarb10, perlarb11, perlarb12, pdigarb1, pdigarb2, pdigarb3, pdigarb4, pdigarb5, pdigarb6, pdigarb7, pdigarb8, pdigisys1, pdigisys2, pdigisys3, pdigisys4, pdigisys5, parbsitm1, parbsitm2, parbsitm3, parbsitm4, parbsitm5, parbsitm6, parbsitm7, parbsitm8

Employment / education calendar, Full-Time Employment

[1984], [1985-1989,1991-2021]

pab0001_v1, pab0001_v2, pab0001_v3

Employment / education calendar, Further Education

[2000-2020], [2020]

pab0010_v1, pab0010_v2

Employment / education calendar, Homemaker

[1984-2021]

pab0008

Employment / education calendar, In School

[1984-2021]

pab0013

Employment / education calendar, Maternity Leave

[1996-2021]

pab0006

Employment / education calendar, Military/Civil Service

[1984-2021]

pab0007

Employment / education calendar, Mini-Job

[2005-2021]

pab0011

Employment / education calendar, Other

[1984-2021]

pab0012

Employment / education calendar, Part-Time Employment

[1985-2021]

pab0002

Employment / education calendar, Retired

[1984-2021]

pab0005

Employment / education calendar, Short-Time Work

[2010-2014,2017-2018]

pab0003_v1

Employment / education calendar, Unemployed

[1984-2021]

pab0004

Employment / education calendar, Vocational Training

[2020]

pab0003_v2

Employment status

[1984-2020], [1984], [1985-1990], [1990], [1991-1995], [1996-1998], [1999], [2000-2001], [2002-2015], [2016-2021]

plb0022_h, plb0022_v1, plb0022_v2, plb0022_v3, plb0022_v4, plb0022_v5, plb0022_v6, plb0022_v7, plb0022_v8, plb0022_v9

Employment, October 2014

[2015]

plb0574

Entitlement to paid breaks

[2015-2018]

plb0601, plb0602, plb0603

Evening and weekend work, Evening

[1990], [2012], [2013], (irregular) [1995-2019]

plb0205_v1, plb0205_v2, plb0205_v3, plb0205_v4

[2023]

Evening and weekend work, Night

[1990], [2012], [2013], (irregular) [1995-2019]

plb0206_v1, plb0206_v2, plb0206_v3, plb0206_v4

[2023]

Evening and weekend work, Saturday

(irregular) [2005-2019]

plb0218

[2023]

Evening and weekend work, Sunday

(irregular) [2005-2019]

plb0219

[2023]

Financial compensation for overtime

[1984-1986,1988-2014,2018,2020], [1984-1986,1988-1995], [1996], [1997-2014,2018,2020]

plb0195_h, plb0195_v1, plb0195_v2, plb0195_v3

[2022]

Gross / net income, October 2014

[2015]

plb0584, plb0585

Income from Internet activities

[2020]

pintver, pintverx, pintvstd1, pintvstd2, pintvstdno, pintvv1, pintvv2, pintvvno, pintet, pintetx, pintetstd1, pintetstd2, pintetstdno, pintetv1, pintetv2, pintetvno, pintba, pintbax, pintbastd1, pintbastd2, pintbastdno

Industry sector, occupational classification

[2013-2020], [1990-1993], [2020], [1999-2021]

p_isco08, p_nace, plb0072_v1, plb0072_v2, plb0072_v3, plb0073_h, plb0073_v1, plb0073_v2, plb0073_v3, plb0073_v4, plb0073_v5

[2022, 2023]

Job search

[1985-2020]

plb0358_h

Job search, Active Search

[1989-2020]

plb0362

[2022, 2023]

Job search, Applied on Speculation

[1989-1998]

plb0358_v8

Job search, Friends / Acquaintances

[1985-1998], [1985-1988]

plb0358_v3, plb0358_v5

Job search, Job Centre

[1985-1998]

plb0358_v1

Job search, Learn about current Position

[1999-2002], [2003-2013], [2014], [2015-2021]

plb0358_v10, plb0358_v11, plb0358_v12, plb0358_v13

Job search, Newspaper

[1985-1998]

plb0358_v2

Job search, Offer within Company

[1985-1988]

plb0358_v4

Job search, Other

[1989-1998]

plb0358_v7

Job search, Private Agent

[1995-1998]

plb0358_v9

Job search, Self Employed

[1985-1998]

plb0358_v6

Job search, motives

(irregular) [1994-2017]

plb0111

Job search, preferences

(irregular) [1994-2017]

plb0426

Labor Market Experience

plb0737, plb0738, plb0739, plb0740, plb0741

[2022]

Labor intensity

[2015], [2016-2018], [2015-2018]

plb0593_v1, plb0593_v2, plb0594

Leaving a job

[1985-2020], [2001-2020], [1985-2000]

plb0282_h, plb0282_v1, plb0282_v2

[2022, 2023]

Leaving a job, Abandonment of own business

[1985-1998]

plb0304_v8

Leaving a job, Closure of operations

[1991-1998]

plb0304_v11

Leaving a job, Compensation

[1991-2020], [1991-2001], [1991-2020], [2002-2020]

plc0040, plc0041_h, plc0041_v1, plc0041_v2

[2022, 2023]

Leaving a job, Early Retirement

[1987-1998]

plb0304_v10

Leaving a job, End Fixed-Term Contract

[1985-1998]

plb0304_v2

Leaving a job, End Vocational Training

[1985-1998]

plb0304_v3

Leaving a job, Exempted

[1991-1998]

plb0304_v12

Leaving a job, Month

[1985-2020]

plb0298, plb0299

[2022, 2023]

Leaving a job, Months Worked

[1985-2020]

plb0302

[2022, 2023]

Leaving a job, Mutually agreed dissolution

[1985-1990]

plb0304_v5

Leaving a job, Non-response

[2004-2020]

plb0300

[2022]

Leaving a job, Other

[1985-1998]

plb0304_v9

Leaving a job, Own Resignation

[1985-1998]

plb0304_v4

Leaving a job, Perspective after Leaving

[1999], [2000-2020]

plb0305_v1, plb0305_v2

[2022, 2023]

Leaving a job, Retirement

[1991-1998]

plb0304_v15

Leaving a job, Termination by Employer

[1985-1998]

plb0304_v1

Leaving a job, Transfer

[1985-1998]

plb0304_v7

Leaving a job, Transfer at own request

[1985-1998]

plb0304_v6

Leaving a job, Type of Leaving

[1985-2020], [1999-2000], [2001-2020]

plb0304_h, plb0304_v13, plb0304_v14

[2022, 2023]

Leaving a job, Years Worked

[1985-2020]

plb0301

[2022, 2023]

Maternity / parental leave

[1999-2000], [2001-2020]

plb0019_v1, plb0019_v2

[2022]

Occupational expectations, non-employed

(irregular) [1999-2020]

plb0427, plb0428, plb0429

[2022]

Overtime, October 2014

[2015]

plb0582, plb0583

Paid breaks, October 2014

[2015]

plb0575

Paid breaks, October 2015

[2015]

plb0576

Paid breaks, October 2016

[2015]

plb0577

Paid breaks, October 2017

[2015]

plb0578

Performance evaluation by superior

[2004,2008,2011,2016]

plb0098, plb0099, plb0100, plb0101, plb0102

Professional expectations

[1985,1987,1989-1994,1996,1998]

plb0432_v1, plb0433_v1, plb0434_v1, plb0435_v1, plb0436_v1, plb0437_v1, plb0438_v1, plb0439_v1, plb0440_v1, plb0441_v1, plb0442_v1

Professional expectations, next two years

(irregular) [1999-2018]

plb0432_v2, plb0433_v2, plb0434_v2, plb0435_v2, plb0436_v2, plb0437_v2, plb0438_v2, plb0439_v2, plb0440_v2, plb0441_v2, plb0442_v2

[2023]

Registered unemployed

[1985-2020]

plb0021

[2022, 2023]

Self-employment, reasons

[2010,2015]

plb0333, plb0334, plb0335, plb0336, plb0337, plb0338

Short-time compensation (Kurzarbeitergeld)

[1984-2001,2003-2005,2010-2011], [1984-2001,2003-2005], [1984], [2010-2011], [1985-2001,2003-2005,2010-2011]

plc0057_h, plc0057_v1, plc0057_v2, plc0058_v1, plc0058_v2

[2022, 2023]

Side jobs

[1998-2007], [1998]

plb0382_h, plb0382_v1

Side jobs, Agriculture

[1999-2007]

plb0382_v2

Side jobs, Construction

[1999-2007]

plb0382_v3

Side jobs, Days

[1985-2016]

plb0396

Side jobs, Gross Income

[1995-2016], [1995-2001], [2002-2016]

plc0062_h, plc0062_v1, plc0062_v2

Side jobs, Helping Family Members out

[1986-2016]

plb0392

Side jobs, Hours per Month

[1985-2014]

plb0397

Side jobs, Hours per Week

[2015-2016]

plb0573

Side jobs, Industrial Sector

[1999-2007]

plb0382_v4

Side jobs, Iregual

[1985-2016]

plb0395

Side jobs, Months

[2000-2013]

plb0398

Side jobs, Occupational Classification ISCO08

[2013-2016]

p_isco08_sidejob, p_isco08_sidejob1, p_isco08_sidejob2, p_isco08_sidejob3

Side jobs, Occupational Classification ISCO88

[1991-2016]

p_isco88_sidejob, p_isco88_sidejob1, p_isco88_sidejob2, p_isco88_sidejob3

Side jobs, Other

[1985-2016]

plb0393

Side jobs, Regular

[1985-2016]

plb0394

Side jobs, Service Sector

[1999-2007]

plb0382_v5

Standby duty

[2011,2014-2019]

plb0212, plb0213, plb0214, plb0215

[2023]

Start of working hours

(irregular) [2002-2019]

plb0180, plb0181, plb0182

Starting a new job, Acceptable Position

[1984-2020]

plb0423

[2022, 2023]

Starting a new job, Active Job Search

[1994-1998], [1999-2020]

plb0424_v1, plb0424_v2

[2022, 2023]

Starting a new job, Desired Employment Type

[1984-2020]

plb0240

[2022, 2023]

Starting a new job, Expected Minimum Income

[1987-1989,1992-1994,1996-2001], [2002-2020]

plb0420_v1, plb0420_v2

[2022, 2023]

Starting a new job, Intention

[1984-1993], [1994-2020]

plb0417_v1, plb0417_v2

[2022, 2023]

Starting a new job, Non-response Salary

[1987-1989,1992-1994,1996-2020]

plb0421

[2022, 2023]

Starting a new job, Number of Hours

[2007-2020]

plb0422

[2022, 2023]

Starting a new job, Suitable Job

[1987-2020], [1987-2002], [2003-2020]

plb0419_h, plb0419_v1, plb0419_v2

Starting a new job, Timing

[1984-2020]

plb0418

[2022, 2023]

Supervisory position

[2007,2009,2011,2013,2015,2017]

plb0067, plb0068, plb0069

[2023]

Use of professional skills in job

[1985-2007,2009]

plb0357

Vacation entitlement, Carried over Vaccation

[2005,2010]

plb0275, plb0276

Vacation entitlement, Contracted Days

[2000,2005,2010]

plb0269

Vacation entitlement, Days on Vaccation

[1985-1990,2000,2005,2010]

plb0265

Vacation entitlement, Expired Vaccation

[2005,2010]

plb0273, plb0274

Vacation entitlement, Not specified

[2005,2010]

plb0270, plb0272

Work council (Betriebsrat)

[2001,2006,2011,2016,2019]

plb0050

[2022]

Work from home

[1997,1999,2002,2009-2014,2020], (irregular) [1997-2020], [2012], [2013]

plb0095, plb0096_v1, plb0096_v2, plb0096_v3

Work from home, Possibility

[1997,1999,2009-2014]

plb0097

[2022]

Work from home, Possibility in Contract

[2020]

plb0697

[2022]

Work in black economy

[2015-2016], [2015]

plb0571, plb0572

Work time regulations

[2003,2005,2007,2009-2019]

plb0211

[2023]

Work, last 7 days

[1999-2020]

plb0018

[2022, 2023]

Working hours, October 2014

[2015]

plb0579, plb0579_h, plb0580, plb0581, plb0581_h

Working overtime

[1997-2020]

plb0193

Working overtime, Compensation Period

[2020], [2002-2020]

plb0194_v1, plb0194_v2

[2022, 2023]

Working overtime, Compensation period

[2002-2020], [2018-2020], [2002-2017]

plb0220_h, plb0220_v1, plb0220_v2

[2022, 2023]

Working overtime, Financial Compensation

[2015-2020]

plb0605

[2022, 2023]

Working overtime, Hours Last Month

[1986,1988-2020]

plb0197

[2022, 2023]

Working overtime, Last Month

[1986,1988-2020], [1986,1988-1996], [1997-2001], [2002-2020]

plb0196_h, plb0196_v1, plb0196_v2, plb0196_v3

[2022, 2023]

Working overtime, Paid Hours Last Month

[2001-2020]

plb0198

[2022, 2023]

Working overtime, Time taken off

[2013-2020]

plb0483, plb0484

[2022, 2023]

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Career Prospects

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0134, plb0135

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Interruptions

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0120, plb0121

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Job at risk

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0128, plb0129

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Poor Career Prospects

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0124, plb0125

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Poor Working Conditions

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0126, plb0127

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Problems Sleeping

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0117

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Recognition by Superiors

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0130, plb0131

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Recognition for Performance

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0132, plb0133

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Sacrifices for Career

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0115

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Salary

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0136, plb0137

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Thinking about Work

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0113, plb0114, plb0116

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Time Pressure

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0112, plb0118, plb0119

Workload (effort-reward imbalance), Work Volume

[2006,2011-2012,2016]

plb0122, plb0123

Youth Questionnaire

Jobs and money, Employment Form

[2000-2020]

jl0014

[2022, 2023]

Jobs and money, First Job

[2000-2020]

jl0017, jl0018

[2022]

Jobs and money, Job Search

[2006-2020]

jl0386

[2022, 2023]

Jobs and money, Own Earnings

[2000-2020]

jl0013

[2022, 2023]

Jobs and money, Paid Work

[2006-2020]

jl0385

[2022, 2023]

Jobs and money, Reason for Working

[2001-2020]

jl0019

[2022]

Jobs and money, Savings

[2000-2020], [2000-2001], [2000-2020], [2002-2020], [2000-2020]

jl0023, jl0024_h, jl0024_v1, jl0024_v2, jl0025

[2022, 2023]

Jobs and money, Unemployment

[2006-2020]

jl0387

[2022, 2023]