Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey: Cross-Section, 1998

Variable Details

VariableIMALEOFF
LabelWhat arrangements for males to take time off when child is born?
Question text What arrangements, if any, are usually made to allow your male employees time off work when their children are born? This is sometimes described as paternity leave.
Responses
1 Written policy giving entitlement to special leave 1033
2 Discretionary time off 312
3 Expected to arrange to take annual leave 284
4 Other arrangement 50
5 Has never happened 190
6 None 283
8 Not answered 8
9 Dont know 6
Sysmiss 25
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