Quality of Employment Survey, 1977: Cross-Section

This study contains data on the working conditions of 1,515 workers aged 16 and older who were working for pay for 20 or more hours per week in the United States in 1977. This survey is the third undertaken by the investigators to provide an overview of working conditions in the American labor force. The aims of this survey and many of the questions that were asked were comparable to those of the related collections, SURVEY OF WORKING CONDITIONS, 1969-1970 (ICPSR 3507), and QUALITY OF EMPLOYMENT SURVEY, 1972-1973 (ICPSR 3510). The major measures used in each of the three surveys were the frequency and severity of labor standards problems, the quality of employment indicators that were shown to be predictors of job satisfaction, the job satisfaction indices themselves, and the ratings of important job facets. Respondents were asked questions about many facets of their job situations and other areas of their lives that might be affected by their jobs in order to assess the impact of work on them. Questions included job tension, security, physical health, job satisfaction, and financial well-being. A series of questions regarding job expectations was also asked. Additional questions probed respondents' feelings about their overall contentment with their jobs and with life in general. This survey differs from the earlier surveys in the greater emphasis that was placed on questions related to respondents' feelings about their work culture, physical work environment, discrimination at work, job fringe benefits, and labor unions, as well as child care provisions, nature of time spent with children and spouse, use of leisure time, and electoral participation. Demographic variables provide information on age, sex, marital status, race, education, and income.

本研究收录了1977年美国1,515名16岁及以上、每周工作20小时或以上的付费工作者的工作条件数据。此次调查是调查员进行的第三次调查，旨在概述美国劳动力市场的工作条件。本次调查的目标以及所提出的问题与相关集合，如《1969-1970年工作条件调查》（ICPSR 3507）和《1972-1973年就业质量调查》（ICPSR 3510）的调查目标具有可比性。三次调查中采用的主要指标包括劳动标准问题的频率和严重程度、作为工作满意度预测指标的工作就业质量指标、工作满意度指数以及重要工作方面的评分。受访者被问及他们工作状况的多个方面以及可能受工作影响的其他生活领域，以评估工作对他们的影响。问题包括工作压力、安全感、身体健康、工作满意度和财务状况。还询问了一系列关于工作期望的问题。额外的问题旨在探究受访者对他们整体工作满意度和对生活的总体满意度的感受。此次调查与早期调查的不同之处在于，更加强调与受访者对工作文化、工作物理环境、工作场所歧视、工作额外福利、工会以及儿童保育措施、与子女和配偶共度时间的性质、休闲时间的使用和选举参与等问题相关的问题。人口统计学变量提供了关于年龄、性别、婚姻状况、种族、教育和收入的信息。