Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998

Variable Details

VariableWDPROTW1
LabelIn the last 12 months, which of these issues have you spent any time on in your job as a worker representative?
Question text In the last 12 months, which of these issues have you spent any time on in your job as a worker representative? Maintaining the wages and benefits of employees; Security of employment; Treatment of employees by management; Health and safety of employees; Resolving conflicts between employees and managers; Find ways to improve workplace performance. 1st Response
Responses
1 Maintaining the wages and benefits of employees 530
2 Security of employment 92
3 Treatment of employees by management 128
4 Health and safety of employees 81
5 Resolving conflicts between employees 23
6 Finding ways to improve workplace performance 17
7 None of these issues are important 44
8 Dont know 0
9 Not answered 3
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