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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998

Variable Details

VariableIFMOFF
LabelHow does workplace deal with an employee needing a day off at short notice?
Question text If an employee needed to take a day off at short notice, for example if they had a problem with child care or if their child is sick, how would they generally take this time off?
Responses
1 Take time off but make it up later 343
2 As leave without pay 306
3 As sick leave 74
4 As special paid leave 572
5 As annual leave 673
6 Not allowed/would not be granted 2
7 Never been asked 10
9 Depends on the circumstances 84
10 Other specific answer, not codeable to 1-9 26
11 Combination of 1 & 2 = UNPAID 3
12 Combination of 3,4 & 5 = PAID 18
13 Combination of 1,2 & 5 = INDIVIDUAL DECIDES 27
14 Other combinations = OTHER MULTIPLE ANSWERS 47
97 Other vague answer, not codeable to 1-14 2
98 Dont know 1
99 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
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