How do you cope with making a living?

We would like to understand how young people cope in different ways with trying to make a living across Europe. The first section focuses on understanding the basic living situation of young people.

Basic living situation

So that we can understand how different types of people make a living, we would like to explore young people's basic living situation.

What is your highest level of education? 

Circle the appropriate level: Post doctorate / Masters / Degree / High school qualification / No qualification

Which city/town do you live in?

Who do you live with? *Select one of the options below

With friends With my partner With my parents / relatives  With my children  On my own

Other: 

What is your work situation? *Select one or more options below

 Full time work  Have two or more jobs  Part time work  Temporary work  Student

 Full time carer/parent  Never had a job  Made redundant  Unemployed Other: 

When did you start working? 

Circle the appropriate time: Less than 1 year ago / 1-3 years ago / 3-5 years ago / Over 5 years ago

How old are you? 

Circle the appropriate age: 18-21 / 21-24 / 24-27 / 27-30 / 30-33 

Expectations

This section will explore how young people feel they have achieved and what they expect of the future.

Have you achieved any of the following? *Select all the relevant options below

 Got a degree  Got a stable job  Got my own house  Got married  Got children

How important is achieving each of these are to you? *1= not important at all & 5= very important

1 2 3 4 5

Got a degree

Got a stable job

Got my own house

Got married

Got children

What the five things that you would like to achieve in your life before 40? *Describe each of these briefly and then rate how important each of these are to you? (1= not important at all & 5=very important)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Why are these important for you to achieve? *Describe briefly based on the answers to the questions above

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Emotions

This section explores how young people cope emotionally with making a living.

How do you cope emotionally with your work situation to make a living? *Select all relevant options

Look for every opportunity to improve my work situation Get inspired by others making a successful living

Try & understand my work situation Lower my expectations about my career Feel scared of what to do

Feel overwhelmed Don't deal with it Give up work Blame myself Blame others

Feel excluded from society Other: 

What makes you feel that way? *Describe briefly based on your answers from the question above

How much do you think your work situation is also experienced by other people? *Select one of the options

Circle the most appropriate: Not at all / Not very / Somewhat / Mostly / Very much

How much do you think other people around you understand your work situation? *Select one of the options

Circle the most appropriate: Not at all / Not very well / Somewhat / Well / Very Well

Support

The next section explores how young people cope practically to make a living and what support they look for.

How do you cope practically with making a living? *Select all relevant options

Look for a job  Learn new skills  Go back to university to develop new skills  Look to borrow money

Ask people for advice on what to do Try and negotiate cheaper rent / bills

Campaign on issues affecting my work situation  Join a trade union to help defend me in the work place  

Ask a friend to share skills  Look for ways to make money  Look for ways to save money

Other: 

What types of support to help you cope with making a living have you used? *Select all relevant options

 Local council  Jobcentre  State benefits  Charities or NGOs  Family  Friends

School or university friends Colleagues Neighbours Online social networks Online support groups

Local support groups Community centres Youth clubs

Other: 

How have you used the types of support you ticked in the question above? *

Describe how you've used each type of support

How important do you think each of these types of support are to helping young people in precarious / difficult work situations make a living? *1 = not important at all & 5 = very important

1 2 3 4 5

Local council

Jobcentre

State benefits

Charities or NGOs

Family

Friends

School or university friends

Colleagues

Neighbours

Online social networks

Online support groups

Local support groups

Community centres

Youth clubs

1 2 3 4 5

Other

Attitudes

This section explores the effect of the young people's work situation on their attitudes on different aspects of society.

How does your work situation affect your attitude on the following areas? Describe briefly on each below

Your relationships with others

Your neighbourhood

Your city

Public services

Politics

Society

Europe

What people / organisations would you recommend we interview to understand better how young people cope with trying to make a living?

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