Tracov: Survey on the experience of work and unemployment during the health crisis

The objectives

Implemented by the Directorate of Research, Studies and Statistics (Dares) of the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Integration, the survey Tracov interviewing individuals aged 20 to 62 in 2020 who are currently employed or who held a job during the health crisis and have since left or lost it. Its purpose is to describe:

• the consequences of changes on working conditions: teleworking and use of digital tools, working patterns, economic insecurity, emotional demands, (re)organization of working groups, cooperation, ethical conflicts, private/professional life articulation, etc. ;
• the consequences of changes on health status, prevention at the workplace, perception of health risk in relation to work;
• the lived experience and health of those who held a job during the health crisis and who left or lost it before the survey.

This national survey, which is compulsory, is recognized as being of general interest by the National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS).

The conduct of the investigation

50,000 people were randomly selected by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to obtain results representative of the French population. All situations are represented: employees or self-employed, public or private sector, short or long contracts, in employment or without.

Individuals are contacted by the Ipsos business between January 25 and March 7, 2021:

• by mail: the paper questionnaire must then be completed and returned in the enclosed postage-paid envelope T. It is also possible to reply on the Internet by using the link indicated in the letter;
• by telephone: the call comes from one of the numbers: 01 71 25 12 61 and 06 69 08 93 04;
• by email: just click on the link provided.