Netherlands working conditions survey 2003-2006 – Highlights
The NWCS – Netherlands Working Conditions Survey – (in Dutch: NEA) is the largest periodic survey on working conditions in the Netherlands. Seven surveys have been performed to date, in 2003 and 2005-2010. Some 23,000 employees per year have responded to the surveys.
The aim of the NWCS is to investigate the quality of work and employment in the Netherlands. A large and representative random sample of employees is taken yearly. The NWCS tracks trends in work risks, the effects of those risks and the measures taken by employers. The NWCS data are also used to analyze the relationship between work and health. We provide employers’ organizations, unions and the Ministry of Social affairs and Employment with national reference data for the purpose of occupational health and safety covenants.
Content
A selection of subjects covered in the survey:
- working hours, overtime, evening, night and weekend work
- work pressure, cognitive demands, emotional demands, computer work
- physical strain, work-related noise, dangerous and dirty work, safety culture
- workplace violence and discrimination
- health, chronic illness, burn-out, RSI
- absence and accidents at work, occupational health care
- productivity/functioning
- terms of employment
- work-home interference
In addition to the yearly cross-sectional surveys, the Netherlands Working Conditions Cohort Study (NWCCS) 2007-2009 is available for research. This longitudinal database is used to give more insight into cause and effect relations.