Working Hours Study

Topics: 1. On actual working hours: weekly working hours; distribution among the weekdays of time worked each week; working hours in the course of the day; daily start of work and end of work; core working hours and flextime; extent, reasons and compensation for overtime work; frequency and forms of shift work; experiences with and length of shift work up to now; frequency, extent and compensation of night work; Sunday and holiday work; employment of spouse; extent of work of working spouse; coordination of working hours between working partners; commute times to work; primary means of transport on the way to work; detailed recording of daily time budget. 2.

Ideas and wishes about working hours: preferred time worked each week with financial adjustment; ideal time worked each week; inclination toward part-time work; ideas about the ideal number of hours each week and situation of part-time work; desired type of overtime compensation; interest in shift, night and holiday work; attitude to flexible age limit. Demography: age; sex; school education; occupation; occupational position; area of business of company; household income; household size; city size; state; union membership.