Skills and Employment Survey 2012 (SES2012)
The Skills and Employment Survey 2012 (SES2012) is a national study of people aged 20-65 who are in paid work. The survey focuses upon the work that people do and how working life has changed over time. The 2012 survey is the latest in a series of studies which began in 1986. It anticipated that around 3,170 respondents will take part in the 2012 survey.
The high quality findings from this research are regularly used to inform government policy on many aspects of working life. Previous surveys have been used extensively by:
- UK government agencies such as the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES);
- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development;
- The devolved UK administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
By providing data on the skills and employment experiences of working life in Britain today, SES2012 will become a key and distinctive resource for research on contemporary working life. The survey will also provide continuity with and build on previous surveys funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and other government agencies. For a summary of the most recent survey in the series, click here.
Stemming from this overarching aim, there are four further objectives to be addressed, using the 2012 survey data:
i. Describe and analyze the level and distribution of skills requirements of jobs in British workplaces in 2012 and compare these patterns with earlier data points.
ii. Similarly, describe and analyze the level and distribution of key aspects of workers’ experiences of their jobs in 2012, and compare with earlier data points.
iii. Use the data to develop three distinctive original and substantive contributions to scholarship surrounding job quality and job skill.
iv. Make the data available and provide the necessary data support and infrastructure for further analyses by academic or policy-based researchers in the field of skills and job quality.
If you have been asked to participate in the ‘You and Your Work’ survey and would like to talk to someone about your participation, please call 0800-528-0722 free of charge or email: ses2012@gfk.com