This indicator shows factors influencing regular platform workers' working time and schedules on online platforms. Regular platform workers are defined as those who had worked on digital platforms at least occasionally in the past 6 months. Working at least occasionally aggregates three answer categories: 'I worked irregularly or occasionally, from time to time’, ‘I worked regularly for a period of less than three months’ and ‘I worked regularly for a period of more than three months’.
The indicator is based on responses to the question: What factors influenced your working time and schedules on online platforms in the period of the past 6 months? Respondents could select up to 3 of the below factors that had the most influenced their work on online platforms.
- Availability of tasks/ work assignments on platforms during specific times of day, week, month or other period
- Other commitments outside online platforms (e.g., job, studies, etc.)
- Caring for and/ or educating children
- Caring for disabled, elderly or infirm family members, neighbours or friends
- Preferences or rules of your clients
- Household chores, such as cleaning, cooking, repairing, etc.
- Your personal preferences when to work via online platforms and when to engage in other activities
- Other
- Don't know
This indicator is disaggregated by type of service provided by the respondent via online platforms. Online tasks refer to:
- Clerical and data-entry tasks (e.g. customer service, data entry, transcription and similar)
- Creative and multimedia work (e.g. animation, graphic design, photo editing, audio and video content and similar)
- Sales and marketing support work (e.g. lead generation, posting ads, social media management and content, search engine optimisation and similar)
- Software development and technology work (e.g. data science, game development, mobile development and similar)
- Writing and translation work (e.g. article writing, copywriting, proofreading, translation and similar)
- Micro tasks (e.g. object classification, tagging, content review, taking online surveys, website feedback and similar)
- Other professional services(e.g. online tutoring or consultations, research, accounting, legal services, project management and similar)
- Other online tasks
On-location tasks refer to:
- Transportation services (e.g. driving, moving services, etc.)
- Delivery services (e.g. food delivery, groceries delivery, parcel delivery, etc.)
- Housekeeping or other home services (e.g. cleaning, gardening, etc.)
- Construction and repair work (e.g. plumbing, carpentry, appliance repair, furniture assembly, etc.)
- Sports, beauty, health and wellness services (e.g. make-up, massage, etc.)
- Photography services
- Pet care and/ or veterinary services (e.g. dog walking, pet healthcare, etc.)
- Childcare or elderly care services
- Teaching or counselling services
- Tourism and gastronomy services (e.g. tour guide services, food catering, etc.)
- Temporary auxiliary work
- Mystery shopper activities
- Other on-location tasks
More information on the methodological aspects of EIGE’s survey of platform workers can be obtained in the technical report.