Labour and Enterprise Survey, 2003

Statistics Norway has carried through this survey on assignment form Institute for Social Research (ISF). The survey is a part of the data basis in a larger research project about “contribution, learning and rewarding in the new working life”. The Institute for Sociology and Political Science at NTNY, the Research Foundation Fafo and Ragnar Frich Centre for Economic Research collaborated on the project. The employer and researchers within the field of working life had a hypothesis that working life has changed a lot over the last years. It was therefore desirable to examine change in the working life and what these changes may have been. Further on, it was interesting to map out the consequences of changes for employees and what employers may gain through the changes. The sample consisted of 3263 firms within public and private sector with 11 or more employees. In order to collect data over time (longitudinal data), some parts of the sample was drawn form the net sample in a similar survey that was carried through for the same employer in 1997 (Fleksi 97). Consequently, that sample constitutes a panel for this survey (ABU2003) and it is possible to map out changes in some firms from 1996/97 to 2003. The data files does not include the economical data connected to fims and establishments in ABU 2003.A reference file with information about the firms for the time period 1997-2003 is also available at NSD. Note that this file cannot be linked directly to the main ABU 2003 file.