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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Employers' Response to the Introduction of the National Living Wage, 2016

Variable Details

Variableip616a
LabelQ1 Most important factor driving some firms to give relatively low pay increases?
Responses
1 Low inflation 73
2 Low productivity 50
3 Existing staff less likely to leave their employers than in 45
4 Larger pool of potential applicants for jobs than in the pas 69
5 Rising cost pressures on business (e.g. National Living Wage 204
6 Low profits / Companies want higher profits 3
7 Other 8
8 Don't know 48
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationEmployers' Response to the Introduction of the National Living Wage, 2016
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