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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2001

Variable Details

VariableHIGHRESP
LabelWho resp.make employr meet legalrespQ606
Question text If there was a health and safety problem at your (last) place of work and your employer didn't deal with it properly, which of the people on this card do you think (is/was) mainly repsonsible for making sure that your employer (meets/met) his or her legal responsibility? No one; the trade union; the local authroity; the health and safety executive; the police; other.
Responses
1 No one 93
2 trade union 338
3 local authority 236
4 Health+Safety Executive 1459
5 The police 15
97 Other (WRITE IN) 39
98 Don't know 74
99 Not answered 8
-4 Skp,self-emp worked 279
-3 Skp,wait for work 11
-1 Skp,not work 10yr 735
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2001
Interviewer InstructionsCard F5
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.
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