[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fsurveys\u002Fwageindicator-survey-and-data":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":8,"meta_description":9,"seo_title":9,"path":10,"content_type":11,"locale":12,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":13,"page_created_at":14,"published_at":13,"edit_url":15,"breadcrumbs":16,"seo":27,"body_blocks":35,"call_to_action":41,"categories":48,"owner":7,"authors":49,"related_pages":50,"related_sites":51,"in_subsite":52,"contact_page_url":53,"banner_message":54},21712,"wageindicator-survey-and-data","WageIndicator Survey and Data",null,"\u003Cp>Find out more about WageIndicator survey methods and 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follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2026-04-21T16:39:58.037566+02:00",[36],{"type":37,"data":38},"text_block",{"content":39,"variant":40},"\u003Cp> \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002Fwageindicator-survey-and-data\u002F#the-wageindicator-web-survey\">The WageIndicator web-survey\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002Fwageindicator-survey-and-data\u002F#the-wageindicator-questionnaire\">The WageIndicator questionnaire\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002Fwageindicator-survey-and-data\u002F#the-wageindicator-dataset\">The WageIndicator dataset\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002Fwageindicator-survey-and-data\u002F#the-wageindicator-survey-concepts\">The WageIndicator survey concepts\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>The WageIndicator web-survey\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The main characteristics of the \u003Ci>WageIndicator\u003C\u002Fi> web-survey are as follows\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>The topics of the web-survey relate to wages and working conditions\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The target population is the labour force, including employees, self-employed, informal workers, job seekers and the unemployed\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The respondents of the web-survey are volunteers recruited through the national \u003Ci>WageIndicator\u003C\u002Fi> websites and a wide range of websites of \u003Ci>WageIndicator\u003C\u002Fi> partners\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The web-survey is a non-probability survey and the data therefore biased and not representative of the target population\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>There is a prize incentive for survey completion\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Trust, fun and privacy are important for the web-survey\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The web-survey is currently posted in more than 80 plus countries.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The web-survey is multilingual  and to a very large extent similar across countries\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The web-survey is continuous and generates large sample sizes\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The survey regularly includes project-specific survey questions for a limited number of countries and a limited period of time\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Paper-based surveys supplement web-based surveys in countries with low Internet access rates\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>These points are discussed in detail in section 3 in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002Fwageindicator-survey-and-data\u002F\">Codebook\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>The WageIndicator questionnaire\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The main characteristics of the \u003Ci>WageIndicator\u003C\u002Fi> questionnaire are as follows\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>The source questionnaire is translated into the languages of the counties with a \u003Ci>WageIndicator\u003C\u002Fi> website\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The survey consists of core and non-core questions, divided into part 1 and part 2\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The main routing through the questionnaire depends on the respondent’s employment status\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The questionnaire has a limited set of required survey questions\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>For the responses, the questionnaire uses radio buttons, check boxes, search trees, drop-down selection lists, and open ended questions\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The questionnaire uses the ‘don’t know’ option in many survey questions\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The questionnaire uses search trees for survey questions with a large range of response options, such as occupation or industry and for country-specific survey questions, such as education, region, ethnic group, language spoken at home, name of trade union if member.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>For a number of search trees, mapping tables are available, for example to the ISCED educational levels or to the degree of urbanisation of the region\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The web-survey is managed in an Excel database, itself comprised of several related databases\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>These points are discussed in detail in section 4 in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpublications\u002F2010\u002Fcodebook-and-explanatory-notes-on-the-wageindicator-dataset\">Codebook\u003C\u002Fa>. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpublications\u002F2010\u002Fthe-stylized-wageindicator-questionnaire\">stylized version of the questionnaire\u003C\u002Fa> can be downloaded here.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>The WageIndicator dataset\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The main characteristics of the \u003Ci>WageIndicator\u003C\u002Fi> data are as follows:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>From 2006 on, the data is organized in annual releases\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The data of the period 2000-2005 is released as one dataset\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Each release consists of one dataset with continuous variables and one with project variables\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The continuous variables can be merged across years\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The project variables can only be merged across years if the project lasted for more than one year\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The dataset consists of system-generated variables, continuous variables and project variables\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>All datasets include variable labels and value labels; labels are in English\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>For the country-specific variables (e.g. education), the number of values increases with the number of countries included in the web-survey\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Therefore, merging annual datasets should be started with the most recent annual release\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>All datasets include META variables for identification of questionnaire version, case identification, survey completion, and date and duration of survey completion\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Apart from the META data, all variables are numerical and on a nominal or a scale measurement level\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The dataset does not include the text variables from the open-ended survey questions, these are available in Excel files on request\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The dataset does not include the time stamps (para-data), these are available in Excel files on request\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The datasets include the computed variables only, not the source variables; computed variables are written with CAPITAL letters\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>A wide range of missing values is applied for identification of the reason of missing\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Not all survey questions have been switched on for all countries during all years, this is indicated in the missing values\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Web-surveys face serious drop-out during survey completion; the datasets from 2006 on include both the complete and incomplete cases; this is indicated with the missing values; the 2000-2005 dataset includes the complete cases only\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>These points are discussed in detail in section 5 in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpublications\u002F2010\u002Fcodebook-and-explanatory-notes-on-the-wageindicator-dataset\">Codebook\u003C\u002Fa>. Appendix 1 in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpublications\u002F2010\u002Fcodebook-and-explanatory-notes-on-the-wageindicator-dataset\">Codebook\u003C\u002Fa> identifies the system, continuous and project variables. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fdocuments\u002Fwageindicator-web-survey-list-of-continuous-variables-2000-2009-b00fbeae3696.xlsx\">Download\u003C\u002Fa> can be downloaded here. Appendix 2 in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpublications\u002F2010\u002Fcodebook-and-explanatory-notes-on-the-wageindicator-dataset\">Codebook\u003C\u002Fa> includes a list with the number of valid observations for the continuous variables per survey year and per country. For scientific research, the data is distributed through the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fidsc.iza.org\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">data archive of IZA (IDSC)\u003C\u002Fa>. You can read about the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002F\">WageIndicator data policy\u003C\u002Fa> here. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002F\">Wage Indicator Data Update notes\u002F Check here.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>The WageIndicator survey concepts\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The main concepts underlying the \u003Ci>WageIndicator\u003C\u002Fi> web-survey are:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>Calendar years, work and family history, and job future\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The time frame of events and perceptions\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Employment status, contract and informal labour\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Working hours\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Wages and the calculation of hourly wages\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Bonuses\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Education (see \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002F\">Education page\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Occupations, using ISCO occupation classification (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002F\">see WISCO page\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Job level\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Blue and white collar workers\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Supervisory position\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Employees’ workplace representation\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Collective bargaining coverage\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Industry, using NACE industry classification\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Region (see Region page)\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Migration and ethnic background (see \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fdata-and-services\u002Fresearch-lab\u002F\">ethnic groups and languages page\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Household characteristics\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>These points are discussed in detail in section 6 in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpublications\u002F2010\u002Fcodebook-and-explanatory-notes-on-the-wageindicator-dataset\">Codebook\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":42,"link":43},"Contact us",{"title":42,"url":44,"description":42,"rel":45,"type":46,"id":47},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. 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