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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 37 Study of Older Unemployed Professional and Executive Employees, 1969 3710.5255/UKDA-SN-37-1 Slater, R., University of Wales, Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Applied Psychology No information recorded Medical Research Council UK Data Service 01 January 1974 AGEAGE DIFFERENCESANXIETYATTITUDESBUSINESSESCHILDRENDISEASESEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDEMPLOYMENT SERVICESEXPENDITUREFATHERSFRIENDSFUTURE SOCIETYHEADS OF GOVERNMENTINTELLIGENCEINTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONINTERVIEWING FOR JOBJOB CHANGINGJOB DESCRIPTIONJOB HUNTINGJOB SATISFACTIONLEISURE TIME ACTIVITIESMANAGERSMARITAL STATUSMARRIED WOMEN WORKERSMEDICAL CAREMEMBERSHIPOCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGYOCCUPATIONAL STATUSOCCUPATIONSORGANIZATIONSPARENTSPLACE OF BIRTHPROFESSIONAL PERSONNELQUALIFICATIONSREDUNDANCYREDUNDANCY PAYREFRESHER COURSESRELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONRESIDENTIAL MOBILITYRESPONSIBILITYRETRAININGSAVINGSSCHOOL-LEAVING AGESOCIABILITYSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIAL SECURITYSPOUSESSUPERVISIONSUPERVISORSTRAVELUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTWAGES Unemployment Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to collect information about a group of unemployed men aged 40 plus, who were in professional and executive occupations, in order to describe their situation using biographical information. To attempt to relate length of unemployment to such factors as anxiety, intelligence, sociability, neuroticism, psychosomatic illness; and to study attitudes to former work situation (as well as) current job seeking strategy and reactions to becoming unemployed. Main Topics: Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Occupation: number of firms worked for in past 10 years; nature of firm; position held; salary; number of firms worked for before being manager; number of house/job moves; prospects about six months before redundancy. Satisfaction with job, employer and firm. Using the Cornell Medical Index, respondent's degree of interest, anxiety, verbal intelligence, sociability, neuroticism and motivation was ascertained. Job description: amount of supervision; delegation and responsibility; number of personnel decisions made; amount of advice; negotiating; social obligations and personal sacrifices. Attitudes to redundancy were examined in detail (respondent and spouse), methods of seeking a new job, contact with Labour Exchange, financial situation, number of interviews attended. Number of close friends and frequency of contact, membership of clubs, leisure activities, religion, opinion on British problems, changes respondent would like to see, kind of person for Prime Minister (best age, reasons), attitude to younger/older generation, most important things in life. Background Variables Age, sex, marital status, number of children (age, employment status, number of married children), educational qualifications. 1968 - 196901 January 196801 January 1969 England CheshireGreater ManchesterMerseyside IndividualsSubnationalMenUnemployed executives Men of the Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester Professional and Executive Register of the Department of Employment: those who volunteered to be interviewed and who were a) aged over 40 and b) unemployed Cross-sectional (one-time) study Quota samplevolunteers Face-to-face interviewPostal survey The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> Slater, R. (1972) 'Age discrimination in Great Britain', Industrial Gerontology Age discrimination in Great Britain Slater, R. (1971) 'Last in third out', Personnel Management Last in third out Slater, R. (1973) 'The End of the road at 40?', Personnel Management The End of the road at 40? Slater, R. (1973) 'Age discrimination', New Society Age discrimination Slater, R. (1969) 'Who goes first?', Personnel Management Who goes first? https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 37 2024-11-28T07:23:37Z ddi:codebook:2_5