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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance, 2004-2005

Variable Details

Variablemm402
LabelBehaviour after parental leave
Question text According to your experience: What happens when the {parental leave}* is finished? Do the majority of your female employees resume their work to the same extent as they did before, or does the majority ask for reduced working hours, or do most of them not return at all?
Responses
1 Resume work to same extent 7189
2 Ask for reduced working hours 4185
3 Do not return at all 912
4 Don't know 907
5 No answer 504
Sysmiss 7334
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEstablishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance, 2004-2005
Interviewer Instructions* See Annex 2 for an overview of the national terms to be inserted for parental leave.
UniverseManagers and employees from establishments based in the EU, with 10 or more employees;Cross-national; National
SamplingSee documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. It is planned that after 2008 (the second ESWT), the survey will be repeated once every four years.
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