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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employment Relations Survey: Time-Series Dataset, 1980-2004

Variable Details

Variabletpaydet
LabelPrincipal locus of pay determination
Responses
1 Multi-employer bargaining 668
2 Multi-site bargaining 624
3 W/place-level bargaining 253
4 Other 0
5 DK; all bg units surveyed 5
6 DK; some units not surveyed 95
7 External body 164
8 Higher in organisation 33
9 Estab-level 38
10 Other 0
11 DK; low coverage 0
12 External body 200
13 Higher in organisation 948
14 Estab-level 1036
15 Other 0
16 DK; zero coverage 0
17 Recog but DK coverage 93
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employment Relations Survey: Time-Series Dataset, 1980-2004
UniverseFor data files wirsts10 and wirsts25 respectively, the survey population is all British workplaces and employees in those workplaces with at least 10 or at least 25 employees except for those in the following Standard Industrial Classification (1992) divisions: A (Agriculture, hunting and forestry); B (Fishing); C (Mining and quarrying); P (Private households with employed persons); and, Q (Extra-territorial organisations).;Establishments;Managers;National
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study; data are taken from four cross-sectional WIRS/WERS surveys
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