• Project number: F 2558
• Institution: Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Institute for Applied Social Science (infas)
• Status: Ongoing Project
• Planned end: 2025-04-11

Description:

Currently, there is hardly any information available about the concrete working situation of people with disabilities in Germany. So far, no representative survey data exists that comprehensively cover disabilities, working conditions, organisational cultures and indicators of well-being.

To fill this gap, it is important to develop a questionnaire covering relevant aspects of the working conditions from people with disabilities. Moreover, a "barrier-free" survey concept should be implemented to address the target group. To reflect the heterogeneity and diversity of disabilities and work situations, it is necessary to generate appropriate, targeted supplementary samples and reduce potential communication barriers.

Against this background, this pilot study develops the concept for a representative, accessible quantitative survey. The goal is to create a comprehensive data foundation providing insights into the work situation of people with disabilities in the regular labour market.

The project is structured around two phases: The concept will be developed during the first phase. This will explore how a standardised survey can be used to capture the work situations of people with disabilities, which will involve elaborating an adequate sampling strategy. The first phase will be completed when an accessible questionnaire has been developed and accessible survey methods have been identified. In the second phase, this concept will be evaluated, and the questionnaire and survey methods will be tested and adapted. The questionnaire will be tested in summer 2024.