Summary information
Study title
Machinery of Government, 1976-1977
Creator
Dunsire, A., University of York, Institute of Social and Economic Research
Thomson, K. S., University of York, Institute of Social and Economic Research
Hood, C. C., University of York, Institute of Social and Economic Research
Study number / PID
1683 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1683-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The purpose of this study was to examine differences between central Government departments.
Main Topics:
Variables
Size of budget; number of staff employed; proportion of budget spent on salaries; proportion of staff in lowest salary bands; number of occupational groups; proportion of staff in headquarters offices; proportion of administrators to specialists; the proportion of the budget spent on buying goods and services; the proportion of budget spent on grants.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
Not availableCountry
Great Britain
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Institutions/organisations
National
Government departments
Universe
Central government departments of Great Britain
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1982
Terms of data access
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