Data WADS - Supplementary materials

European employment rates among older workers provide one objective measure of the possible existence of age discrimination. Contemporary workplaces are characterized by diverse age groups that work collaboratively. In the past years research has indicated that workplace age discrimination is increasing. The absence of a valid measure to apprehend discriminatory experiences in the Portuguese context led us to search for a tool with good indicators of reliability and validity. This study focuses on adapting and validating the Workplace Age Discrimination Scale (WADS), used to measure workplace age discrimination in a sample of employees from public, private and third sector organizations in the southern region of Portugal. We also wanted to assess the perceived age-related discrimination in the workplace and determine to which personal variables workers’ age is related with. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) results confirm that this is a robust tool, considering the unidimensional model. Significant findings indicate that the WADS is a useful tool to identify age discrimination indicators and to compare discriminatory experiences.