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Annual Survey of Mental Health Support in Technology
Mental Health & Wellness
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Evaluating the evolution of workplace culture within the technology sector provides vital insights into the progress of employee wellbeing support. By aggregating annual survey data from Open Sourcing Mental Illness (OSMI) collected between 2014 and 2019, these records offer a structured view of the shifting landscape of mental health awareness and employer transparency. This longitudinal collection enables an in-depth exploration of how tech professionals perceive their mental health benefits, leave policies, and the comfort levels associated with discussing psychological health in the workplace.
Columns
- year: The submission year of the survey entry, covering a range from 2014 to 2019.
- self_employed: A boolean field indicating if the participant is currently working for themselves.
- number_of_employees: The scale of the respondent's workplace, categorised from small startups to large organisations with more than 1,000 staff.
- tech_company: Indicates whether the employer's primary business is providing technology-related products or services.
- mental_health_benefits: Records whether the employer includes mental health support as part of their healthcare package.
- mental_health_benefits_awareness: Captures whether staff are knowledgeable about the specific care options available under their employer's coverage.
- employer_mental_health_discussion: Tracks whether the employer has formally addressed mental health through wellness campaigns or official notices.
- employer_mental_health_learning_resources: Identifies if the company provides educational materials regarding mental health issues and help-seeking options.
- mental_health_treatment_anonymity: Assesses the perceived protection of an employee's identity when using employer-provided mental health or substance abuse resources.
- mental_health_leave_accessibility: Measures the difficulty or ease associated with requesting medical leave for mental health reasons.
Distribution
The dataset is provided as a CSV file titled
Mental health in tech survey 2014-2019.csv with a size of 267.07 kB. It contains 3,483 valid records across 12 variables. The file exhibits high integrity, featuring 100% validity with zero mismatched or missing entries for the core categories recorded during the study period.Usage
This resource is ideal for conducting exploratory data analysis on the state of mental health support in the global tech industry. Researchers can use it to identify longitudinal trends in benefit awareness or correlate company size with the quality of wellness resources. It also provides a benchmark for HR leaders to assess their internal programmes against historical industry standards and for analysts to study the cultural shift in workplace mental health discourse over a six-year period.
Coverage
The scope is longitudinal, focusing on the tech sector from 2014 to 2019. It encompasses a wide demographic of employees, ranging from those in large multinational corporations to independent professionals. While the data captures a broad cross-section of the industry, specific notes on company size and tech-focus provide nuance to the availability of benefits across different organisational types.
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CC BY-SA 4.0
Who Can Use It
Human Resources professionals and People Operations teams can leverage these findings to refine their employee support strategies. Mental health researchers and sociologists can utilise the records to track industry-wide changes in attitudes toward psychological health. Additionally, data science students can use this high-validity survey data to practice cleaning, merging, and visualising longitudinal trends.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- OSMI Mental Health in Tech Longitudinal Study (2014–2019)
- Tech Industry Workplace Wellbeing and Benefits Registry
- Annual Survey of Mental Health Support in Technology
- OSMI Employee Wellness Trends and Benefits Awareness
- Longitudinal Mental Health Advocacy Data in the Tech Sector
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