How Good is my Job: Waves 1-3, 2018-2024

An online quiz designed to attract large numbers of individuals to take part in a quick easy to complete series of questions taken from the 2017 Skills and Employment Survey. The 2017 SES was funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Cardiff University and the Department for Education with funding from the Welsh Government to boost the sample in Wales (ES/P005292/1). A small subset of questions relating to 10 dimensions of job quality were selected for inclusion into the quiz (www.howgoodismyjob.com). In return for their participation, all those who took part in the quiz were provided feedback as to how their job compared to those held by others in similar roles. Questions remained consistent over time. A question on remote working was introduced following the pandemic at Wave 2. A question on hours insecurity was introduced during Wave 3. Quiz takers completed the quiz online, as and when they chose, and were recruited through paid-for adverts on social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, and through other promotion campaigns. These were intended to prompt audience curiosity and trigger participation. We maintained this approach throughout the 3 Waves of data collection. For each social media campaign, the target audience was those who were living and working in the UK and were aged between 20 and 65.

The UK Data Archive has granted a dissemination embargo. The embargo will end on 15 January 2026 and the data will then be available in accordance with the access level selected.