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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey, 2004: Cross-Section Survey, 2004 and Panel Survey, 1998-2004; Wave 2

Variable Details

VariableFFACTO04
LabelFactors explaining pay differences (4)
Question text What are the factors listed on this card that explain the differences in the level of pay of full-time [LOGIDX: TITLE OF LARGEST OCCUPATIONAL GROUP] at this workplace? Response 4
Responses
1 Basic hours worked 4
2 Overtime hours 10
3 Shift premiums 14
4 Age of employees 56
5 Career experience 166
6 Years of service with this employer 161
7 Skills/core competences 242
8 Formal qualifications 136
9 Job grade/classification 236
10 Incentive or performance-related pay 105
11 Performance appraisal or assessment 73
12 Some other factor (please specify) 11
95 Other specific answer. EDITOR: PLEASE USE CODES ABOVE IF POS 0
96 Vague/irrelevant answer 0
97 EDITOR CANNOT DEAL WITH 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey, 2004: Cross-Section Survey, 2004 and Panel Survey, 1998-2004; Wave 2
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE: Which others? UNTIL 'None'.
UniverseCross-section survey: all establishments in Britain with five or more employees and operating in Sections D-O of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2003). The panel element was conducted with managers from establishments that had taken part in the WERS 98 cross-section management survey.;Employees;Establishments;Managers;Trade union officers;National
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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