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This survey was designed to identify the various factors which determine whether or not women participate in paid work and how the unpaid work which women carry out in the home influences their lifetime involvement in the labour market. In addition it was intended that the survey would document the type of paid work women have done and currently do, and women's attitudes and experiences of employment. For the second edition of the dataset, released in March 2000, data and documentation from section C of the survey, which details the working histories of the women interviewed, were added. Please see the read file and other documentation for further details.

Main Topics:

Educational background; qualifications; experiences of work - applications for jobs, promotion; current employment status; working conditions; earnings; training; attitudes to working and job satisfaction; childcare; trade union involvement; attitudes to women and work; partners' educational background and employment status; income; division of labour in the home; dependent relatives; work history.

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

Face-to-face interview