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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employment Relations Survey, 2004: Teaching Dataset

Variable Details

Variablefper_pbr
LabelAny employees who receive payment by results
Question text Do any of the employees in this establishment get paid by results or receive merit pay? Payment by results.
Responses
0 No 15896
1 Yes 6533
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 22
-1 Not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employment Relations Survey, 2004: Teaching Dataset
Interviewer InstructionsOn this card is an explanation of what we mean by payment by results and merit pay. PROBE: Which others? UNTIL 'None'.
UniverseAll establishments in Britain with five or more employees and operating in Sections D-O of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2003).;National
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study. This study is taken from WERS 2004 which is the fifth in the survey series, with previous surveys carried out in 1980, 1984, 1990 and 1998.
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