Mikrozensus special survey “duration and structure of Working Time” According to the regulation No. 1578/2000 by the European Commission from 19th July 2000 member states have to conduct a sample survey on the ad-hoc module “duration and structure of Working Time”. The European Commission needs structural statistics on flexible working hour regulations and types of labour force to monitor employment policy guidelines. Austria follows this regulation by conduction this sample survey as a Mikrozensus special survey in June 2001. These types of working hour regulations and labour contracts are the focal point of the survey: 1. “ostensible self-employment” (questions B28-B30) 2. extra hours (questions B31-B32) 3. shift-work and shift-work models (questions B33-B35) 4. newer flexible working hour models, for instance annual Working Time, minimum Working Time, work on demand (questions B36-B41) The questions B42 and B42 are questions to control the conformity with the LFS (labour force survey) from March 2001. The questions on the “extended housing survey”, especially the information on the existence of parking spaces in garages or a car park and their costs are needed for the national accounts (calculation of the gross domestic product GDP).

Probability: Stratified: Disproportional

Face-to-face interview