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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employment Relations Survey, 2004: Teaching Dataset

Variable Details

Variableipr_disc
LabelHow parents usually take time off to look after their children - time off awarded at employers discretion
Question text With the exception of maternity leave, paternity leave and time off for emergencies, how do mothers and fathers usually take time off to look after their children? Time off awarded at employer’s discretion.
Responses
0 No 21861
1 Yes 398
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't Know 192
-1 Not applicable 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employment Relations Survey, 2004: Teaching Dataset
Interviewer InstructionsPROBE: 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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