Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2000

Variable Details

VariableTUSHOULD
LabelTrade union most important role workplace [employee+TU] Q463
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
-3 Skp,no work unions 756
1 Improve working conditions 219
2 Improve pay 149
3 Protect existing jobs 201
4 Have more say over how work is done day- 28
5 Have more say over management s long-ter 53
6 Work for equal opportunities for women 9
7 Work for equal opportunities for ethnic 4
8 Reduce pay differences at the workplace 28
90 (None of these) 21
98 Dont know 6
99 Not answered 53
-1 Skp,not employee 1899
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2000
Interviewer InstructionsCARD E6
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.