Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998

Variable Details

VariableA6
LabelIf you do work overtime or extra hours, what would you say is the one main reason you do so?
Question text If you do work overtime or extra hours, what would you say is the one main reason you do so?
Responses
0 Multi coded 877
1 I never work overtime or extra hours 3136
2 I enjoy my work 1191
3 I need the money 5289
4 I dont want to let down the people I work with 2658
5 So that I can get all my work done 6476
6 Its required as part of my job 6264
7 Some other reason 1464
-9 Not answered 885
-8 Dont know 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
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