EIGE

Have you ever had a paid job? (% of respondents, 18+ population) ta_wrklab_lab_emplrate_gen__eqls_everpaidjob

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage (comparable)
Description:

Calculations are based on microdata from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), coordinated by Eurofound. The survey aims to represent the population of all residents in a survey country aged 18 or older.

The question considered is question Q8 from the 2016 EQLS survey in the EQLS Integrated Data File, 2003-2016: Have you ever had a paid job? 1 Yes; 2 No.

For each response category, the indicator is calculated as the percentage of persons who answered the question using this response category out of all respondents who were asked to respond to this question.

The selection of relevant questions from the EQLS surveys to be included in the database was based on the following criteria:

  • Additionality: EQLS questions were included where they provided additional information compared to other data (such as Eurostat data) included in the database;
  • Policy & research relevance: EQLS questions were included where they were judged to be highly policy relevant and/or showed substantial gender variation in data;
  • Recent data: EQLS questions were included only if they were last asked less than ten years ago; and
  • Sufficient sample size: EQLS questions were included only if there was a sufficient number of respondents to allow for response breakdown by EU Member States and gender.
Keywords:
employed, employment, employment rate, labor market, labour market, population, work
AL
HR
EU28
IS
XK
ME
MK
NO
RS
TR
CY
IT
EL
MT
FR
IE
ES
SI
BE
LU
RO
PT
PL
SK
CZ
EE
UK
DE
SE
AT
HU
BG
NL
LV
LT
DK
FI
2016
2011
2007
2003
AL
49.1
HR
75.1
75.5
72
EU28
83.4
82.1
80.2
IS
97.4
XK
21.7
ME
63.5
62.1
MK
53.2
61.3
47.6
NO
94.9
RS
67.5
69
TR
27.2
35.5
29.1
35.8
CY
82.6
66.7
71.2
50.2
IT
69.2
65.8
57.5
56.2
EL
70.1
69.5
66.3
59
MT
78.2
66
69.7
61
FR
88.2
89.6
87.2
63.2
IE
84.9
85.6
71.8
63.6
ES
78.6
73.6
68.8
65.6
SI
79.9
80.5
72.2
67.1
BE
79.8
75.2
72.4
67.3
LU
85.3
83.4
75.9
71.8
RO
77.6
79.7
70.6
74.5
PT
78.8
75.1
78.6
74.9
PL
85.1
82.8
81.5
76.2
SK
82.6
76.7
77.3
76.5
CZ
85.2
84.9
81.8
79.2
EE
94
89.4
93.7
79.3
UK
88.8
90.7
91.8
80.8
DE
88.7
87.6
90.3
81.8
SE
98.6
96.3
92.6
83.2
AT
91.2
88.4
83.9
83.8
HU
87.9
86.8
88
84.3
BG
92.8
88.1
85.3
84.4
NL
93.9
84.4
90.4
85
LV
96.8
88.7
90.5
87
LT
91.6
88.9
87.5
88.1
DK
92.6
91.5
93.5
89.5
FI
97.5
95.4
95.5
93.4

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable