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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Workplace Employee Relations Survey, 2011

Variable Details

Variablewarepsoc
LabelBest description of what you do in your day-to-day job at this workplace
Question text Can you tell me which of the groups of occupations listed on this card best describes what you do in your day-to-day job at this workplace?
Responses
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 5
-6 Multi-coded 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 0
1 managers and senior officials 144
2 professional occupations 320
3 associate professional and technical occupations 91
4 administrative and secretarial occupations 153
5 skilled trades occupations 67
6 caring, leisure and other personal service occupations 39
7 sales and customer service occupations 52
8 process, plant and machine operatives and drivers 77
9 routine occupations 54
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationWorkplace Employee Relations Survey, 2011
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW CARD WA1.
UniverseWorkplaces in Great Britain with five or more employees, excluding workplaces in agriculture, forestry, fishing, and mining and quarrying.;Establishments;Trade union officers;Employees;Managers;National
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for further details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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