Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998

Variable Details

VariableWBOFFLE1
LabelWhich of the following were reasons why you contacted your union official?
Question text Which of the following were reasons why you contacted a [WUNION] official? To get legal advice, for information before commencing pay bargaining, to assist in pay bargaining, to assist in industrial action, to assist in handling of individual grievances. 1st Response
Responses
1 To get legal advice 366
2 For information before commencing pay bargaining 75
3 To assist in pay bargaining 51
4 To assist in industrial action 28
5 To assist in the handling of individual grievances 126
6 Some other reason 98
8 Not answered 0
9 Dont know 0
Sysmiss 174
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