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Making Working Hours more Flexible

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA2329 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2329
Abstract: 1. Information on working hours and leisure time 2. Time budget for a week Topics: 1. Oral survey: city size; residential status; number of rooms; possession of durable economic goods; frequency of use of computers in occupational as well as in private areas; frequency of contact with friends outside of personal household; number of friends; club membership; intensity of participation in club life; other memberships; frequency of one-day excursions, short vacation trips and longer vacation trips; frequency of vacation over 5 days and absence from home during vacation time; time work ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 06.1991 - 01.1992
Date(s) of Data Collection: 06.1991 - 01.1992, 1st wave July to August 1991 2nd wave August 1991 to January 1992
Geographic coverage: Germany (DE), FRG (old states)
Universe: Workers
Number of Units: 1545
Sampling Procedure: 1. Multi-stage stratified random samples (ADM-Mastersample) of persons with a) normal working hours and b) flexible working hours (flextime, part time, job sharing, shift and weekend work) from various (previous) omnibus surveys. 2. Specific cluster sample of respondents in companies with new models of working hours, such as e.g. telephone ho ... more
Mode of Data Collection: Oral survey with standardized questionnaire and written recording on a time budget form
Data Collector: GFM-Getas, Hamburg
Analysis System(s): -
Number of Variables: 482
Notes: The study consists of two data sets. The survey data set is connected with the time budget data set through reference numbers. This was done primarily to obtain a possible seasonal distribution. Altogether 1545 persons were interviewed in the old states. The primary sample, 1286 persons, is comprised of 797 persons with flexible working hours. Thes ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Garhammer, Manfred - Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungsstelle, Universität Bamberg | Gross, Peter - Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungsstelle, Universität Bamberg
Publication year: 1992
DOI: 10.4232/1.2329
Study number: ZA2329
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2329
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Reference publications

Publications: Vaskovics, Laszlo A., Gross, Peter: Auswirkungen der Flexibilisierung von gesellschaftlichen Zeitstrukturen und Möglichkeiten zur Gewinnung von Zeitsouveränität: Endbericht über das Projekt im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Forschung und Technologie. Forschungsschwerpunkt "Arbeit, Technik, Freizeit". Bamberg: Universität, Sozialwissenschaftli ... more
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