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SECTION #3: WORK AND EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT N.E.C. #EmployNEC
WorkExp "(p24q48a)Number of years worked for pay?"
WorkExpP "(p24q48b)Number of years worked for pay - part-time?"
WorkHrs "(p26q50b)Weekly hours worked?"
WorkNow "(p26q51a)Doing what last week?"
LastWkMo "(p26q51b)When last worked month?"
LastWkYr "(p26q51b)When last worked year?"
WorkWks "(p26q51c)Weeks worked last year?"
UnempWks "(p26q51c)Weeks unemployed last year?"
**Occ "(p27q52a)Respondant's occupation"
Ind "(p27q 52c)Respondant's Industry Coding"
CoType "(p27q52d)Employer?"
*Share "(p27q52e)Self-employed, value of business?"
CoSize "(p28q52f)Company size?"
HasBoss1 "(p28q52h)Anyone whom you are responsible to?"
HasBoss2 "(p28q52i)Is that person responsible to anyone?"
Superv1 "(p28q52j)Do you supervise anyone?"
Superv2 "(p28q52k)Do any of these people supervise anyone?"
SuprvNum "(p28q52l)How many do you directly supervise?"
Citations: ** Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Standard Classification of Occupations. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statisics.
* Jonathan Kelley, 1989 "Decision makers earn more." NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE SURVEY REPORT 1(4):6-7.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUSINESS OWNERSHIP
This section was designed by MDR Evans.
BZOWN (p25q49a) Respondant - own bus? BZ1START (p25q49b) Bus1 - year started? BZ2START (p25q49b) Bus2 - year started? BZ3START (p25q49b) Bus3 - year started? BZ1SOLO (p25q49c) Bus1 - Partners? BZ2SOLO (p25q49c) Bus2 - Partners? BZ3SOLO (p25q49c) Bus3 - Partners? BZ1WKRF (p25q49d) Bus1 - number of employees? BZ2WKRF (p25q49d) Bus2 - number of employees? BZ3WKRF (p25q49d) Bus3 - number of employees? BZ1WKRS (p25q49e) Bus1 - number of employees year 2? BZ2WKRS (p25q49e) Bus2 - number of employees year 2? BZ3WKRS (p25q49e) Bus3 - number of employees year 2? BZ1YEARS (p25q49g) Bus1 - how many years did it last? BZ2YEARS (p25q49g) Bus2 - how many years did it last? BZ3YEARS (p25q49g) Bus3 - how many years did it last? BZ1MTHS (p25q49h) Bus1 - how many months did it last? BZ2MTHS (p25q49h) Bus2 - how many months did it last? BZ3MTHS (p25q49h) Bus3 - how many months did it last? BZ1FATE (p25q49i) Bus1 - fate? BZ2FATE (p25q49i) Bus2 - fate? BZ3FATE (p25q49i) Bus3 - fate? BZ1PRICE (p25q49j) Bus1 - price paid for business? BZ2PRICE (p25q49j) Bus2 - price paid for business? BZ3PRICE (p25q49j) Bus3 - price paid for business?
USE OF THREE OR MORE OF THESE ITEMS REQUIRES A BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION TO: MDR Evans. 1991 "Business Ownership in Australia" Seminar, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOB CHARACTERISTICS
This section was designed by Jonathan Kelley.
NEEDSCH (p29q53a) Your job needs - schooling, which years? NEEDUNI (p29q53b) Your job needs - university? NDUNIYRS (p29q53b) Your job needs - how many uni years? NDTRAIN (p29q53c) Your job needs - sp training? NDTRAPER (p29q53c) Your job needs - how many years training? NEEDEXP (p29q53d) Your job needs - pract experience? NDEXPPER (p29q53d) Your job needs - how many years pract exp ? WKDECNO (p29q54a) No part in money decisions at work? WKDECINF (p30q54a) Provided info in money decisions at work? WKDECADV (p30q54a) Made recommendation in money decisions? WKDECPRT (p30q54a) Helped make decision over money at work? WKDECME (p30q54b) Made final decision over money? WKDCCOST (p30q54c) How much money involved? WKSPEND (p30q54c) How much spending power at work? HIRENO (p30q54d) Took no part in decision about hiring? HIREINFO (p30q54d) Provided information in hiring decision? HIREADV (p30q54d) Made recommendation in hiring decision? HIREPART (p30q54d) Helped make decision to hire? HIREME (p30q54d) Made final decision to hire? HIRESAL (p30q54e) How much money involved in salary? IFWKWELL (p30q55a) If work well, how much does it matter? COGAIN (p30q55b) If work well, how much company would gain? IFWKBAD (p31q55c) If work bad, how much does it matter? COLOSE (p31q55d) If work bad, how much would company lose?
CITATION REQUIRED: If you use ANY of these items, a bibliographic citation is required: Jonathan Kelley 1989. "Decision Makers Earn More" National Social Science Survey Report 1(4):6-8.
Additional Reading: Jonathan Kelley "Individual Decision Making, Human Capital and Earnings: Australian Evidence" Paper presented to the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Social Stratifiation and Mobility, Utrecht, April, 1989.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOB VALUES #JobValues
This module was designed by M.D.R. Evans and Jonathan Kelley. Some questions were adapted from Melvin L. Kohn's work. Many of the others are new.
jvHiPay "(p24q47a)Look for in a job - high income?"
jvSecure "(p24q47b)Look for in a job - security?"
jvIntrst "(p24q47c)Look for in a job - interest?"
jvImp "(p24q47d)Look feeling of accomplishment?"
jvFriend "(p24q47e)Look for in a job - friends?"
jvSkill "(p24q47f)Look for in a job - need to use skills?"
jobFree1 "(p31q56a)Job - freedom to do what likes?"
jobFree2 "(p31q56b)Job - freedom on how to do job?"
jobSay2 "(p31q56c)Job - has lot of say about what happens?"
jobResp "(p31q56d)Job - own responsibility to see Job done?"
jobCare "(p31q56e)Job - cares a great deal?"
jobReput "(p31q56f)Job - a good reputation important?"
jobWell "(p31q56g)Job - doing Job well important?"
jobGdAt "(p31q56h)Job - is extremely good at it?"
jobAvg "(p31q56i)Job - is only average at Job?"
jobFewDo "(p31q56j)Job - few can do as well?"
ChangOcc "(p31q57a)Willing to change occupation?"
ChngOc10 "(p31q57b)Willing to change occupation 10 yrs away?"
WinLotry "(p31q57c)If won the lottery would continue working?"
jSatImp "(p32q58a)How well job done important?"
jSatSkil "(p32q58b)Work skills used important?"
jSatInt "(p32q58c)How interesting job is, is important?"
jSatSecr "(p32q58d)Work security important?"
jSatPeop "(p32q58e)People at work important?"
jSatPay "(p32q58f)Money from work important?"
jSatPrid "(p32q58g)Pride in work important?"
jSatSay "(p32q58h)Say in work important?"
jSatAll "(p32q58i)Satisfied in work?"
USE OF THREE OR MORE OF THESE ITEMS REQUIRES A BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION TO: 1995 "Job Characteristics" (M.D.R. Evans) Worldwide Attitudes 19950605: 1-10. or for items jSat Imp to jSatAll: M.D.R. Evans. 1990. "The Value of Your Job" NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE SURVEY REPORT 2(3): 7-8.
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