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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of these studies is to examine the positions of the low paid, the subemployed (men and women unemployed for over 4 weeks in the last 12 months), the disabled and immigrants in two local labour markets. There were two main sources of data: 1) All members not in full-time education and under 71 of a simple random sample of households in 2 urban areas (230). 2) Follow-up survey of all individuals in 1, who fell into any one of four special categories (231). i) low paid (less than 55p for males over 18, less than 35p for females over 18) ii) subemployed (unemployed for more than 4 weeks in last 12 months) iii) disabled iv) immigrants (not born in UK or Eire)Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions This dataset contains data from source 1. a) Terms and Conditions of Employment Holidays, sick pay, pension, notice, contract, journey to work (time, weekly cost), normal starting time, outdoors or indoors (shelter, tea/coffee, toilet, washing facilities, place to eat, place for storage, first aid, phone call, heating), place for coats etc., adjustable lighting, details of fringe benefits received. Amount of heaving, lifting, sitting down, whether work dangerous, noisy or tiring. Security, promotion prospects, trade union (membership), reasons if no trade union, opinion on whether union would be advisable (reasons), reasons for non-membership. Number of employees, immediate work group, autonomy, number in same job (as a proportion of the labour force), origin of workmates, earnings relative to others, low paid men/women. Influence on pay (union/employer or other), assessment of employer (reasons). Net/gross wages last time paid, hours worked/overtime during last pay week, period of payment, number of weeks worked in past year, average hourly earnings, variations in pay during last month (specific details). Promotion/demotion (reasons and description of job change). Labour force status,...