Data collection/surveys

BIBB/IAB survey: "Wandel der Erwerbsarbeit"(Change in the World of Gainful Employment)
A survey on qualifications and gainful employment in Germany

Between October 1998 and March 1999, the "Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung" (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, abbreviated to BIBB in German) and the "Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung" (Institute for Employment Research, IAB) conducted their fourth „Erhebung zur Qualifikation und Erwerbssituation in Deutschland“ (Survey on Qualifications and Gainful Employment in Germany). A representative sample of gainfully employed persons in Germany - 0.1% or 34,343 in absolute terms - was asked questions focusing on the subject of "Structural change in the world of work and its impact on working conditions, workload and individual mobility patterns".

The latest "Bericht über Sicherheit und Gesundheit bei der Arbeit" (Report on Safety and Health at Work), for the year 2002, contains evaluations of the BIBB/IAB data concerning workload, workplace requirements, health complaints during and after work as well as gainfully employed persons’ incapacity for work, as follows:  

• Workload and workplace requirements by sector, for:  
  • All gainfully employed persons
  • Gainfully employed men
  • Gainfully employed women
  • Gainfully employed persons below the age of 45
  • Gainfully employed persons aged 45 and above
• Workload and workplace requirements by occupational field:
  • All gainfully employed persons
  • Gainfully employed men
  • Gainfully employed woman
  • Gainfully employed persons below the age of 45
  • Gainfully employed persons aged 45 and above
• Health complaints suffered by gainfully employed persons during and after work, by sector, for:
  • All gainfully employed persons
  • Gainfully employed men
  • Gainfully employed woman
  • Gainfully employed persons below the age of 45
  • Gainfully employed persons aged 45 and above
• Health complaints suffered by gainfully employed persons during and after work, by occupational field, for:
  • All gainfully employed persons
  • Gainfully employed men
  • Gainfully employed woman
  • Gainfully employed persons below the age of 45
  • Gainfully employed persons aged 45 and above

The "Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung" (Institute for Employment Research, IAB) has published brochures, which can be ordered here, on the Survey on Qualifications and Gainful Employment in Germany. 
For more details of publications and information regarding this topic, visit this page of the BIBB website .

IG Metall "Zukunftsreport" IG Metall "Zukunftsreport" 

In all, some 120,000 men and women took part in the surveys and opinion polls conducted for this report, making it the largest poll in the history of Germany's trade unions. ...