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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variabletrepsum2
LabelPresence of union reps
Responses
1 Local union rep 5685
2 External union rep only 289
3 Recognition but no union reps 592
4 No recognised unions 3078
9 DK/NA 53
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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