Ageing Society 2006 & 2008 A Challenge for Enterprises and Society

Summary

Strengths: The survey collects data from two perspectives: business leaders/employers and employees nearing retirement age. Weaknesses: The survey has a small sample size, excludes elderly persons above the age of 65, and excludes unemployed and retired persons.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional

Data gathering method
Telephone

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)

Formats available

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Round 1: Data was collected in 2006, the sample size included 700 business leaders (CEO's, recruiters or owners of a business enterprise). Round 2: Data was collected in 2008, the sample included 520 employed persons between the ages of 50 and 65.

First year of collection
2006

Stratification if applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
National (Austria)

Age range
Round 1: No age range specified;

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Round 1 (2006) collected data economic and social development, elderly, employment, labour force, labour market, occupational training, population dynamics and social structure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the Austrian enterprises’ strategies and preparations for the ageing employees. For instance, it evaluated how older employees are involved in the working-process, which strategies regional enterprises have and which measures they have taken or will take For Round 2 (2008), data was collected on the elderly, job satisfaction, labour and employment, labour force, labour market, labour supply, occupational training, population dynamics, social structure and unemployment. The aim of the 2008 study was to compare the enterprises’ point of view with the position of the older employees. This study especially analyses the wishes and the reality of older employees in the working world. Corresponds to Work and Productivity, Wellbeing, Education and Learning,and Social Systems and Welfare Topics

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
No

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
No errors reported

Breaks
No breaks reported

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
No inconsistencies in terminology reported

Governance

Contact information
Zukunftsforum Österreich (Futures Forum Austria) and WISDOM (Vienna Institute for Social Science Documentation and Methodology)
Zukunftsforum Österreich and WISDOM
Liechtensteinstrasse 22a/17,
1090 Wien Austria Phone: (0043) 13194132
Email: datenarchiv(at)wisdom.at
Url: www.wisdom.at

Timeliness, transparency