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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996

Variable Details

VariableTUSHOULD
LabelTU/staff ass. most imp[if emp+TU/SA]Q362
Question text Listed on the card are a number of things trade unions or staff associations can do. Which, if any, do you think is the most important thing they should try to do at your workplace... Unions or staff associations should try to: Improve working conditions; Improve pay; Protect existing jobs; Have more say over how work is done day-to-day; Have more say over management's long-term plans; Work for equal opportunities for women; Work for equal opportunities for ethnic minorities; Reduce pay differences at the workplace?
Responses
-2 No unions/staff ass 120
1 Improve working conditions 34
2 Improve pay 42
3 Protect existing jobs 83
4 Have more say over how work is done day- 13
5 Have more say over management s long-ter 19
6 Work for equal opportunities for women 2
7 Work for equal opportunities for ethnic 3
8 Reduce pay differences at the workplace 7
90 None of these 1
98 Don't know 1
99 Not answered 9
-1 Skp,not employee 452
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD B5
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Northern Ireland.;Northern Irish adults;National;Adults (18 and over) living in private households in Northern Ireland. Addresses were sampled from the rating list provided by the Valuation and Land Agency. The areas in which the survey was undertaken include: Belfast (Belfast District Council area); most of the remaining district council areas east of the river Bann, excluding Moyle, Newry and Mourne; and the remaining council areas in west Northern Ireland.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;The sampling frame is the rating list. Geographical stratification (into three areas) followed by simple (ie unclustered) random sample of address, and random selection of one adult at each address.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The study was undertaken every year from 1989 to 1996, except in 1992 when BSA core funding was devoted to the <i>British Election Study</i> series.
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