Study title
Guardian People at Work Survey, 1982
Creator
Study number / PID
1789 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1789-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
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.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
26/06/1981
Country
Time dimension
Analysis unit
Universe
<i>Guardian</i> readers
Sampling procedure
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
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