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Living and Working in the EU e-survey

Since its launch in 2020, Eurofound's unique Living and Working in the EU e-survey has provided an overview of the ever-changing developments in living and working since the onset of the pandemic, through the recovery measures and during a time of constant change.

Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey - Autumn 2021

The fourth round of the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey was a panel survey. Eurofound recontacted previous panel respondents only in order to track developments across the 27 EU Member States since the start of the pandemic. This panel survey, spanning from 21 October to 30 November 2021, provided a valuable continuum of insights from panel members.

Building on the previous data collection, this e-survey aimed to assess the living and working conditions of people after over a full year of living with COVID-19 restrictions. The main focus was on job insecurity, mental well-being, work–life balance and the roll-out of the vaccination programmes, including monitoring vaccine hesitancy. 

  • Round 4: By inviting respondents of the previous e-surveys to participate in this panel survey, it was possible to track how the social and economic situation in EU Member States had evolved during the pandemic. 

Launched on 21 October and running until 30 November 2021

Only previous panellists were invited to participate, aged 18+ across the 27 EU Member States

A dashboard for this survey round is currently not available. Please refer to other rounds of the survey to access data visualisations.

This section provides further information targeted in particular at researchers.

Infographic: Living, working and COVID-19 (Nov 2021)

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Eurofound experts

You can contact the following experts for questions on the survey.

Eszter Sándor

Senior research manager
Social policies research

Eszter Sandor on Eurofoundi sotsiaalpoliitika üksuse vanemuuringute juht. Tal on teadmised uuringumetoodika ja statistilise analüüsi alal, ta on töötanud Euroopa elukvaliteedi uuringu ja viimati e-uuringu "Elamine, töötamine ja COVID-19" ettevalmistamisel ja haldamisel ning vastutab andmekogumite kvaliteedi eest. Tema uurimisvaldkonnad on noorte heaolu ja elukvaliteet leibkondades ja peredes, sealhulgas subjektiivne heaolu, töö- ja eraelu tasakaal ning elutingimused. Ta on varem töötanud Šotimaal majanduskonsultandina, keskendudes majandusliku mõju hindamisele, hindamisele ning sisend-väljundi analüüsile. Tal on magistrikraad majanduses ja rahvusvahelistes suhetes Budapesti Corvinuse Ülikoolist.

Daphne Ahrendt

Senior research manager
Social policies research

Daphne Ahrendt on Eurofoundi sotsiaalpoliitika üksuse vanemuuringute juht. Alates Eurofoundiga liitumisest 2013. aastal on tema töö hõlmanud paljusid sotsiaalpoliitika valdkondi. Praegu koordineerib ta Eurofoundi uuringute haldamise ja arendamise tegevust ning juhib COVID-19 e-uuringute ettevalmistamist ja analüüsi. Daphnel on rohkem kui 20-aastane kogemus rahvusvaheliste uuringute alal töötava teadlasena, olles varem töötanud Euroopa Komisjoni Eurobaromeetri üksuses ja Londoni Riiklikus Sotsiaaluuringute Keskuses, kus ta töötas rahvusvahelise sotsiaaluuringu programmis. Daphne on omandanud magistrikraadi kriminaalõiguspoliitikas Londoni Majanduskoolist ja bakalaureusekraadi politoloogias San Francisco osariigi ülikoolist.

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