Comparability — Austria [top]

In 2008, WORKHRS is top coded at 99.

Comparability — Canada [top]

In 2010, this variable was constructed from Number of hours usually worked at all jobs in a week (WKWEHR_C). It is capped at 75 hours. "Not asked" responses were coded as -9, "not stated" and "don't know" responses were coded as -8. Those who were looking for a job in the last week and reported not to have no hours of regular employment were coded as -7.

Comparability — Finland [top]

In 2009, WORKHRS is top coded at 99.

Comparability — Italy [top]

In 2002, for those who reported that they were working but it is impossible to assign the exact number of hours, we assign the number of hours worked as “missing” (-8). For those individuals who were not working when they answered the dairy questionnaire we assign the value “-7” (not applicable).

In 2008, WORKHRS is derived from a survey question that asks workers to report their usual work hours

Comparability — Netherlands [top]

In 1975, WOKRHRS is constructed based on the sum the hours spent in paid work from the seven diary days.

From 1980 forward, WORKHRS is assigned the information reported in the diaries for retired, student and unemployed individuals who report 0 hours of work in the stylized questions.

Comparability — South Korea [top]

In 2004 and 2009, WORKHRS was constructed from an original survey variable regarding hours worked last week.

Comparability — United Kingdom [top]

In 1974, this variable is based on hours of paid work recorded in the weekly diaries. In the 87.1% of cases where the diarist kept seven good diaries, this variable represents the actual hours recorded in the diaries. For respondents who participated in the survey in September and only completed Monday and Tuesday diaries, the hours of work represents the sum of hours recorded in the two diaries, divided by 2 and multiplied by 5. This represents 96% of diary cases. For cases where the diarist completed 4, 5 or 6 good diaries and at least 1 weekend day diary, work hours are calculated as the average hours on a weekend day*2 + average hours on a weekday*5. For cases where the diarist completed 4 or 5 good diaries on weekdays only, work hours are calculated as the average hours per diary day *5.

In 2005, this variable is based on usual hours of work.

Comparability — United States [top]

In 1965, the original variable included a category for hours between less than one and ten. The 5 respondents who report that they are working have this variable set to 5, while the other 595 cases are coded as -7.