Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998

Variable Details

VariableEEMPLOY1
LabelIn which occupations are there union members?
Question text You said that there are [X number] members here. In which of the following groups are there union members? / You said that [X percent] of employees here are union members. In which of the following groups are there union members? / In which of the following groups are there union members? Managers and senior administrative occupations; Professional occupations; Technical, scientific occupations; Clerical and secretarial occupations, Craft and skilled manual occupations; Personal service occupations; Sales occupations; Operative and assembly manual occupations; Routine unskilled manual occupations 1st Response
Responses
1 Managers and administrative 740
2 Professional 198
3 Technical and scientific 78
4 Clerical and secretarial 103
5 Craft and skilled manual 116
6 Personal service 23
7 Sales 43
8 Operative and assembly 66
9 Routine unskilled manual 42
98 Not answered 3
99 Dont know 31
Sysmiss 748
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