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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2009

Variable Details

VariableTUMstImp
LabelWhich should be the most important thing TU/SA should try to do?:Q1084
Question text Listed on this card are a number of things that trade unions or staff associations can do. Which, if any, do you think should be the most important thing they should try to do? Reduce pay differences in the workplace. Promote equality for women or for ethnic and other minority groups. Represent individual employees in dealing with their employer about problems at work. Protect existing employees' jobs. Improve working conditions across the workplace. Improve pay for all employees. Have an input into the running of the business.
Responses
1 Reduce pay differences in the workplace 161
2 Promote equality for women or for ethnic and other minority 226
3 Represent individual employees in dealing with their employe 1036
4 Protect existing employees jobs 686
5 Improve working conditions across the workplace 774
6 Improve pay for all employees 303
7 Have an input into the running of the business 75
97 (None of these) 57
98 Don't know 100
99 Refusal 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
Interviewer InstructionsCARD K3
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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