Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998

Variable Details

VariableWBSOCME1
LabelIn which occupations are there employees that you represent?
Question text In which of the following occupations are there employees at this establishment that [WUNION] represents? / In which of the following occupations at this establishment are there employees that you represent? Managers and administrative; Professional; Technical, scientific; Clerical and secretarial; Craft and skilled service; Personal service; Sales; Operative and assembly; Routine unskilled manual. 1st Response
Responses
1 Managers and administrative 367
2 Professional 146
3 Technical and scientific 58
4 Clerical and secretarial 91
5 Craft and skilled manual 95
6 Personal service 32
7 Sales 15
8 Operative and assembly 76
9 Routine unskilled manual 35
98 Not answered 1
99 Dont know 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998
UniverseThe survey population consisted of all workplaces of firms in Great Britain with at least 10 employees, except for those in the following Standard Industrial Classification 1992 (SIC92) divisions: A (Agriculture, hunting and forestry); B (Fishing); C (Mining and quarrying); P (Private households with employed persons); and, Q (Extra-territorial organisations).;Employees;Establishments;Managers;Trade union officers;National
SamplingSimple random sample; One-stage stratified or systematic random sample;A simple random sample was used for the Survey of Employees Questionnaire (SEQ). A one-stage stratified sample was used for the cross-section sample for the Management Questionnaire (MQ).
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study