European Working Conditions Survey 2024: Cognitive Pretest

Hadler, Patricia; Lenzner, Timo; Schick, Lukas; Neuert, Cornelia; Steins, Patricia; Behnert, Jan

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Hadler, Patricia

Lenzner, Timo

Schick, Lukas

Neuert, Cornelia

Steins, Patricia

Behnert, Jan

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

Abstract

Eurofound is preparing to transition the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) from a computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) to self-administered online data collection. GESIS was contracted to adapt the CAPI master questionnaire, translate the adapted online questionnaire into German and Polish, and cognitively pretest the online questionnaire using cross-cultural cognitive interviews and web probing. The main goal of cognitive testing was assessing the comparability of the adapted online questionnaire to the original face-to-face questionnaire. Further objectives were testing whether the online questionnaire is suitable for cross-cultural research and applies gender-sensitive language.... view less

Keywords
Europe; EU; working conditions; employment conditions; working hours; work organization; world of work; data capture; questionnaire; intercultural comparison; pretest; data quality; online survey; survey research