Infographic: Living, working and COVID-19 (Nov 2021)
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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.
Eurofound experts
You can contact the following experts for questions on the survey.
Eszter Sándor
Senior research managerSocial policies research
Eszter Sandor is a senior research manager in the Social Policies unit at Eurofound. She has extensive experience in survey management, including questionnaire design and scripting, data preparation (processing, cleaning, weighting), and statistical analysis using R. She manages Eurofound’s e-survey (Living and working in the EU) and contributes to the preparation and management of the European Quality of Life Survey. Her research focuses on the quality of life of young people and families, including subjective well-being, mental well-being and living conditions.
Before joining Eurofound, she worked as an economic consultant in Scotland, specialising in economic impact assessments, evaluations, and input-output analysis. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Budapest University of Economics and Business and a Master’s degree in Economics and International Relations from Corvinus University of Budapest.
Daphne Ahrendt
Senior research managerSocial policies research
Daphne Ahrendt is a senior research manager in the Social Policies unit at Eurofound. She is the coordinator of the survey management and development activity. In 2020, she initiated Eurofound’s Living and Working in the EU e-survey and now leads the 2026 European Quality of Life Survey, which she has worked on since the survey started in 2003. With over 30 years of experience in international survey research, she is also a member of the GESIS Scientific Advisory Board. Beyond surveys, her substantive research focuses on social cohesion, trust and the inclusion of persons with disabilities. Daphne started her career at the National Centre for Social Research in London where she worked on the International Social Survey Programme before moving to the Eurobarometer Unit at the European Commission. She holds a Master's degree in Criminal Justice Policies from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from San Francisco State University.
