Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) - Rapid Response - Work productivity

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q05

The following questions may not apply to you. To confirm, have you worked at a job or business in the past 3 months?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q07

Which of the following best describes your usual work schedule at your main job in the past 3 months?

If you had more than one main job in the past 3 months, please focus on your most recent employment.

• 1: A regular daytime schedule or shift
• 2: A regular evening or night shift
• 3: A rotating shift or a split shift
• 4: A compressed work week, on call or casual (e.g., a substitute teacher)
• 5: An irregular schedule (e.g., a pilot)
• 6: Other

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_R10

The next questions are about how your health might have affected your work productivity, physically at your workplace or remotely at home. Consider only your main job.

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q10

In the past 3 months, how many days in total have you been absent from work because of your own physical, mental or emotional health?

Min = 0.0; Max = 99.9

Include work days you did not work at all, started work late or ended work early, for any physical, mental, or emotional reasons. Report the number of days to the nearest half day.

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q15

In the past 3 months, how many days did you work while experiencing any health problems?

Min = 0.0; Max = 99.9

Include all days and part days when you worked while experiencing any physical, mental, or emotional problems. Report the number of days to the nearest half day.

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q20

The last time you were absent from work because of your own health, who mainly took over your tasks?

• 1: Co-workers including supervisors
• 2: Temporarily hired workers
• 3: Someone else
• 4: No one
• 5: I was never absent from work because of health problems

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q20A

Compared to you, how much time does it usually take these workers to do your work?

• 1: The same amount of time as me
• 2: A little bit more time than me
• 3: Somewhat more time than me
• 4: A lot more time than me
• 5: The work did not get done at all

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q25

The last time you worked while experiencing health problems, who mainly took over the tasks you were unable to do?

• 1: Co-workers including supervisors
• 2: Temporarily hired workers
• 3: Someone else
• 4: No one
• 5: I never worked while experiencing health problems

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q25A

Compared to you, how much time does it usually take these workers to do your work?

• 1: The same amount of time as me
• 2: A little bit more time than me
• 3: Somewhat more time than me
• 4: A lot more time than me
• 5: The work did not get done at all

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q30

How often do you need to work with co-workers as a team?

• 1: Never
• 2: Rarely
• 3: Sometimes
• 4: Often
• 5: Always

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q35

On average, how many other people do you work with when doing teamwork?

Min = 0; Max = 999

If you are working with more than one team, please focus on the team you spend the most time with. Exclude yourself in the number.

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q40

When you are absent from work or less productive at work because of your health, how much does it affect your team's ability to perform their tasks?

• 1: Not at all affected
• 2: Affected very little
• 3: Somewhat affected
• 4: Affected quite a lot
• 5: My team cannot function

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q45

In the past 7 days, how many days were you scheduled to work?

Report the number of days to the nearest half day.

• 00: 0
• 01: 0.5
• 02: 1
• 03: 1.5
• 04: 2
• 05: 2.5
• 06: 3
• 07: 3.5
• 08: 4
• 09: 4.5
• 10: 5
• 11: 5.5
• 12: 6
• 13: 6.5
• 14: 7

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_R50

The next questions are about how your health might have affected your work productivity.

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q50

[On the 0.5 day/On the 1 day/On the 1.5 days/On the 2 days/On the 2.5 days/On the 3 days/On the 3.5 days/On the 4 days/On the 4.5 days/On the 5 days/On the 5.5 days/On the 6 days/On the 6.5 days/On the 7 days] you were scheduled to work, how many days were you absent from work while experiencing any physical, mental or emotional health problems?

Include work days you did not work at all, started work late or ended work early, for any physical, mental, or emotional reasons.

Report the number of days to the nearest half day.

• 00: 0
• 01: 0.5
• 02: 1
• 03: 1.5
• 04: 2
• 05: 2.5
• 06: 3
• 07: 3.5
• 08: 4
• 09: 4.5
• 10: 5
• 11: 5.5
• 12: 6
• 13: 6.5
• 14: 7

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q55

[On the 0.5 day/On the 1 day/On the 1.5 days/On the 2 days/On the 2.5 days/On the 3 days/On the 3.5 days/On the 4 days/On the 4.5 days/On the 5 days/On the 5.5 days/On the 6 days/On the 6.5 days/On the 7 days] you were scheduled to work, how many days did you work while you were experiencing any health problems?

Include all days and part days when you worked while experiencing any physical, mental, or emotional problems.

Report the number of days to the nearest half day

• 00: 0
• 01: 0.5
• 02: 1
• 03: 1.5
• 04: 2
• 05: 2.5
• 06: 3
• 07: 3.5
• 08: 4
• 09: 4.5
• 10: 5
• 11: 5.5
• 12: 6
• 13: 6.5
• 14: 7

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_R60

For the following questions, think only of the days that you worked while experiencing health problems in the past 7 days.

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q60

[On that 0.5 day, how/On that 1 day, how/Over these 1.5 days, how/Over these 2 days, how/Over these 2.5 days, how/Over these 3 days, how/Over these 3.5 days, how/Over these 4 days, how/Over these 4.5 days, how/Over these 5 days, how/Over these 5.5 days, how/Over these 6 days, how/Over these 6.5 days, how/Over these 7 days, how] many hours did you work in total?

Min = 0; Max = 999.9

Report the total number of hours to the nearest half hour.

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q65

[On the 0.5 day that/On the 1 day that/On these 1.5 days that/On these 2 days that/On these 2.5 days that/On these 3 days that/On these 3.5 days that/On these 4 days that/On these 4.5 days that/On these 5 days that/On these 5.5 days that/On these 6 days that/On these 6.5 days that/On these 7 days that/When] you worked while experiencing health problems, did your health affect the amount or quality of work that you were able to do?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q65A

How many hours would you have taken to complete the same work [on that 0.5 day,/on that 1 day,/on these 1.5 days,/on these 2 days,/on these 2.5 days,/on these 3 days,/on these 3.5 days,/on these 4 days,/on these 4.5 days,/on these 5 days,/on these 5.5 days,/on these 6 days,/on these 6.5 days,/on these 7 days,/] if you had not experienced any health problems?

Min = 0; Max = 999.9

Report the total number of hours to the nearest half hour.

Work productivity (WPL) - Question identifier:WPL_Q65B

Using a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means "No effect on my work" and 10 means "Not able to work", how much did your health problems affect your work productivity [on that 0.5 day/on that 1 day/on these 1.5 days/on these 2 days/on these 2.5 days/on these 3 days/on these 3.5 days/on these 4 days/on these 4.5 days/on these 5 days/on these 5.5 days/on these 6 days/on these 6.5 days/on these 7 days]?

• 00: 0 No effect on my work
• 01: 1
• 02: 2
• 03: 3
• 04: 4
• 05: 5
• 06: 6
• 07: 7
• 08: 8
• 09: 9
• 10: 10 Not able to work