Enquête Mobilité résidentielle hors des frontières luxembourgeoises (EVALUX)
    Survey of residential mobility outside the Luxemburg borders (EVALUX)
    This was a survey conducted by post in spring 2008, by the LISER (formerly CEPS/INSTEAD) in partnership with the Europa Forum. The field of study comprised all employed members of the working population who were Luxembourg residents but had gone to live in a neighbouring country between 2001 and 2007, while continuing to work in the Grand Duchy. Four selection criteria were used, i.e. people who had: (i) moved from Luxembourg to a German, Belgian or French area of the Greater Region, (ii) moved between 2001 and 2007, (iii) been employed in the Grand Duchy both before and after the move, (iv) lived in the host country for at least six months. These criteria eventually resulted in the selection of a parent population of 7,715 people. Overall, the average age and therefore the average income were slightly lower than those of Luxembourg's resident working population, although this does not mean that the phenomenon can be described as residential relegation (Carpentier, 2010). To analyse the reference population and establish a contact base, both of which were essential in order to ensure that the survey was conducted properly, data was used from the files of Luxembourg's Social Security Authority (Inspection Générale de la Sécurité Sociale/IGSS). This longitudinal administrative data base contains data on everyone covered by Luxembourg's social security scheme, and is the only one to contain, with a certain level of temporal depth, both residents of Luxembourg and cross-border workers from Germany, Belgium and France. As the data base contains individual information only, questions about families and any changes developing in them (separation, setting up home together, births, etc.) when the move took place, were added to the questionnaire. Of the 7,715 people contacted, the response rate of 25% resulted in a final sample comprising 1,939 respondents, for whom, in addition to the usual sociodemographic data, there was data concerning their various addresses, as well as a certain number of places where everyday activities were carried out, both before and after moving away from Luxembourg. Specifically, ten types of activity were addressed: place of work, spouse's place of work, food shopping, doctor's appointments, sports activities, visits to friends, visits to members of the family, hairdressing appointments, restaurants and cinema trips. For each type of everyday activity, respondents were asked to choose the place where the said activity most often took place. In order to reduce the amount of time taken to complete the questionnaire, which, let us not forget, was self-administered, no questions were asked about, for example, the route taken, times, frequency, and transport links. Thus the aim was not to collect information on a typical day's travel, but to specify, based on their habitual activities, the places where these new « suburban cross-border workers » conducted their everyday lives (and the journeys that this involved).
    Satisfaction
    Move
    Housing Conditions
    Place Of Activities
    Residential Mobility
    Residential Mobility


    V001
    A1:mois quitté lux
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V002
    A1:année quitté lux
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V999
    A2reside depuis naissance
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V003
    A2:réside depuis quand:mois
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V004
    A2:réside depuis quand:année
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V005
    A3:sexe
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V006
    A4:année naissance
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V007
    A5:nationalité
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V007PR
    A5:autre nationalité
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V008
    A6:autre pers recu questionnaire
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V067
    D1:deménagement -changt travail?
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V068
    D2:ou lieu de travail
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V069
    D3:pays nouvel emploi
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V069L
    D3:pays nouvel emploi-Localité
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V070
    D3:localité ancien emploi
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V071
    D4:mois chgt emploi
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V072
    D4:année chgt emploi
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V073
    D5a:déménagt: prix log?
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V074
    D5b:déménagt: envie proprio
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V075
    D5c:déménagt: naissance enfts
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V076
    D5d:déménagt: départ log parents
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V077
    D5e:déménagt: scolarité enfts
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V078
    D5f:déménagt:départ enfts du log
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V079
    D5g:déménagt:baisse du revenu
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V080
    D5h:déménagt:mariage
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V081
    D5i:déménagt:diff intégration linguistique
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V082
    D5j:déménagt:souhait retour pays
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V083
    D5k:déménagt:souhait rapprocher trav conjoint
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V084
    D5l:déménagt:augmentation revenu
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V085
    D5m:déménagt:cout vie moins élevé etranger
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V086
    D5n:déménagt:souhait rapprocher famille
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V087
    D5o:déménagt:séparation
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V088
    D5p:déménagt:diff intégration culturelle
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V089
    D5q:déménagt:autre raison
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V090
    D6:déménagt:raison principale
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V091
    D7:autres pays chercher log
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V092
    D8:préférer vivre au lux
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V093
    D9:amis-famille partis du lux pr autre pays
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V094
    D10a:situation log suite déméngt
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V095
    D10b:situation déplacmt travail suite déméngt
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V096
    D10c:situation autre déplacmt suit déméngt
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V097
    D10d:voisinage suite déméngt
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V098
    D10e:cadre de vie suite déméngt
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V099
    D10f:activité suite déméngt
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V100
    D10g:pouvoir achat suite déméngt
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V101
    D10h:qualité vie suite déménagement
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V102
    D10i:vie sociale suite déménagement
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V103
    D11:globalement satisfait
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V104
    D12:habitez-vs encore ce logment
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V105
    D12:non depuis quel mois?
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V106
    D12:non depuis quelle année
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V119
    F1:etes vs retourné au lux?
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V120
    F2:envisagez-vs retourner au lux
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V121
    F3:retourné au lux quel mois?
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V122
    F3:retourné au lux quelle année?
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V123
    F4a:retouner lux : insatisfait qualité vie
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V124
    F4b:retouner lux : diff intégration
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V125
    F4c:retouner lux : augment revenu
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V126
    F4d:retouner lux:réduire déplacmts travail
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V127
    F4e:retouner lux:réduire autres déplacements
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V128
    F4f:retouner lux:naissance enft
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V129
    F4g:retouner lux:scolarité ents
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V130
    F4h:souhait retouner pays origine
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V131
    F4i:retouner lux:opportunité immobilière
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V132
    F4j:retouner lux: mariage
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V133
    F4k:retouner lux:séparation
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V134
    F4l:retouner lux:rapprocher des proches
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V134PR
    F4m:retour lux autre raison
    TAG: Residential Mobility
    V135
    F5:raison principale retour lux
    TAG: Residential Mobility

    LISER database access and use policy

    As part of its studies and research, LISER has collected large amounts of data from various projects the Institute has carried out since its creation. LISER has also conducted a significant number of surveys in the country and in bordering countries mainly concerning individuals and households, from which it has analysed and archived information.

    LISER aims to increase the value of the data collected by making it available to the scientific community.

    It is, therefore, necessary to lay down essential rules for accessing the Institute's different databases. These rules concern the confidentiality statutes that are to be complied with as well as general conditions of use and procedures for accessing the multiple databases.

    This policy specifies the types of databases LISER makes available, as well as how they can be used, either :

    • (a) Externally, by user requests from the scientific community,
    • (b) Internally, by all LISER employees or by visitors to LISER.


    Data access conditions

    By default, all the databases owned or co-owned by LISER are accessible to all LISER employees on simple request (using a confidentiality declaration form). There may be specific cases that differ, namely databases of which LISER is not the sole owner. For the latter case, each database has its own arrangements (generally a specific data agreement form).

    For people external to LISER, access to data varies depending on the legal status and confidentiality level of the database requested. Therefore, depending on the database's confidentiality level, access may be granted only within LISER (physical entity) through an individualised and secure IT account. In all cases, access is requested using a form (see 'How to make a request').

    The aim of our policy is to facilitate access to data for research. The rules laid down are not used to hinder research or any other arbitrary desire to control. Rather, the aim is to put researchers in a position of responsibility with regard to data whose dissemination may be limited due to legal obligations (protection of persons, professional secrecy, etc.) or due to the data producer's interest (privilege of use, right of quotation, etc.).

    How to make a request

    The data access procedures differ depending on the user and data status. In all cases, users must sign an individual commitment.

    Data can be requested :

    • By contacting the LISER Data Centre : dataservice@liser.lu,
    • Or by drawing up (if one is available for the database requested) a LISER Agreement on data access or provision. (downloadable).
      Users provide information on their status and are requested to indicate which research project their request relates to. The published and signed documents must be sent by post to the following address :

      The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
      11 Porte des Sciences Campus Belval
      L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette
      Luxembourg