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Title:
Unrepresented Worker Survey, 2001-2004
(Unorganised Workers: Routes to Support and Views on Representation: the Unrepresented Worker Survey)

Subject Categories:
Industrial relations - Employment and labour
Social attitudes and behaviour - Society and culture
Equality and inequality - Social stratification and groupings
Social and occupational mobility - Social stratification and groupings

Depositor(s):
Pollert, A., London Metropolitan University. Working Lives Research Institute

Principal Investigator(s):
Pollert, A., London Metropolitan University. Working Lives Research Institute

Data Collector(s):
IFF Research Limited

Sponsor(s):
Economic and Social Research Council

Grant Number:
R000239679

Other Acknowledgements:
Zehra Koroglu, Project manager at IFF Research Ltd.

Abstract:
The Unrepresented Worker Survey, 2001-2004 surveyed a random sample of 501 workers earning median wage or below, who had experienced a job-related 'problem' within the past three years (2001-2004), when they were not members of a trade union. The survey is regionally representative of Great Britain, but quotas were not set, since there is no known sampling frame within the required criteria.

Further information may be found on the Working Lives Research Institute's Unorganised Workers web page.


Main Topics:
The questionnaire covered ten potential job-related problems that respondents may have experienced at work during the three years prior to the survey, concerning:

• pay (not being paid the correct amount, not being paid regularly, not receiving pay for holidays or overtime, etc.)
• job security (fear of unfair dismissal, or being forced to resign)
• lack of opportunities
• discrimination
• difficulties experienced when requiring time off work
• working hours
• workload
• health and safety
• concerns related to contract or job description
• other workplace problems, such as stress or bullying

• what, if anything, was done to resolve the problem
• what action was taken, or if not, reasons why
• from whom any advice was sought
• what the final outcome was
• whether problems were shared with a group or workers and if so, whether collective action was taken, and what the outcomes were

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: January 2001-November 2004
Dates of Fieldwork: October 2004-November 2004
Country: Great Britain
Spatial Units: Government Office Regions (GORs)
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:National
Population:Non-unionised workers in Great Britain, earning median pay or below, who had experienced an employment-related problem during 2001-2004.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Number of Units: 501 cases
Method of Data Collection: Telephone interview
Weighting: No weighting used.

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive
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Date of Release:
First Edition: 17 January 2007

Copyright:
Copyright A. Pollert

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