This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

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

VariableXffacto07
LabelFactors explaining LOGs pay levels (7)
Question text Which, if any, of the factors listed on this card explain the differences between actual pay levels of full-time [employees in the largest group] at this workplace? Response 7
Responses
0 None 0
1 Hours worked 1
2 Overtime 2
3 Shift premiums 0
4 Age of employees 0
5 Years of service 3
6 Skills/core competences 1
7 Formal qualifications 16
8 Job grade/classification 90
9 Incentive or performance-related pay 76
10 Performance appraisal or assessment 104
11 Some other factor (please specify) 0
13 Other specific answer, not codeable to 0-12 3
97 Other vague answer, not codeable to 0-13 0
98 Dont know 0
99 Not answered 0
-9 DK/NA 0
-1 Not asked 1895
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey, 2004: Cross-Section Survey, 2004 and Panel Survey, 1998-2004; Wave 2
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
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.