Summary information

Study title

Guardian People at Work Survey, 1982

Creator

Gordon, J. M., Guardian (Newspaper)

Study number / PID

1789 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1789-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


To collect a wide range of classification and attitudinal data about people in relation to their jobs and careers. The sample is drawn from the readership of <i>The Guardian</i> and is therefore heavily biased towards people in managerial, professional, administrative and clerical occupations. The sample is self-selected, but this disadvantage is counter-balanced by its size (11,389 respondents) and the anonymity it confers on respondents.
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Changing jobs: method, reason for leaving, time spent looking, mobility, recruitment advertising.
Attitudes: job satisfaction, immediate superior, the organisation, career, attributes of success.
Background Variables
Classification: sex, age, marital status, number of children, county, educational qualifications.
The job: type of industry, area of work, size of establishment, responsibiltity for staff, salary and benefits, brief career history.

Methodology

Data collection period

26/06/1981

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Individuals
National
Employees
Guardian (newspaper) readers

Universe

&lt;i&gt;Guardian&lt;/i&gt; readers

Sampling procedure

Self-selection

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Self-completion

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1982

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Gordon, J. (1982) 'People at work: a Guardian survey', The Guardian