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Mail: Job Characteristics
mg001rer-mg010rer Importance of job characteristics compared to high pay items. NOTE: Job characteristic items are repeated in the 1993 Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Phone Questionnaire. Please see items rg062jjc-rg065jjc. NOTE: See Appendix E - memo120 for Job Importance Items. NOTE: The following text refers to mg001rer-mg010rer: Please circle the number that best describes the IMPORTANCE of each characteristic COMPARED TO HIGH PAY.
mg001rer: How important is the opportunity to get on-the-job training compared to high pay?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 23a
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 74 | 124 | 198 |
1 | MUCH MORE IMPORTANT | 600 | 999 | 1599 |
2 | MODERATELY MORE IMPORTANT | 737 | 1010 | 1747 |
3 | SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT | 460 | 420 | 880 |
4 | SAME IMPORTANCE | 547 | 653 | 1200 |
5 | SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT | 344 | 261 | 605 |
6 | MODERATELY LESS IMPORTANT | 288 | 138 | 426 |
7 | MUCH LESS IMPORTANT | 142 | 78 | 220 |
mg002rer: How important is having a large number of paid vacation days compared to high pay?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 23b
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 72 | 120 | 192 |
1 | MUCH MORE IMPORTANT | 280 | 381 | 661 |
2 | MODERATELY MORE IMPORTANT | 562 | 889 | 1451 |
3 | SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT | 537 | 570 | 1107 |
4 | SAME IMPORTANCE | 603 | 667 | 1270 |
5 | SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT | 510 | 570 | 1080 |
6 | MODERATELY LESS IMPORTANT | 416 | 340 | 756 |
7 | MUCH LESS IMPORTANT | 212 | 146 | 358 |
mg003rer: How important is being able to do different things rather than the same things over and over compared to high pay?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 23c
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 68 | 113 | 181 |
1 | MUCH MORE IMPORTANT | 916 | 1322 | 2238 |
2 | MODERATELY MORE IMPORTANT | 1012 | 1047 | 2059 |
3 | SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT | 540 | 496 | 1036 |
4 | SAME IMPORTANCE | 312 | 321 | 633 |
5 | SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT | 193 | 215 | 408 |
6 | MODERATELY LESS IMPORTANT | 105 | 123 | 228 |
7 | MUCH LESS IMPORTANT | 46 | 46 | 92 |
mg004rer: How important is having a low risk of losing your job compred to high pay?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 23d
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 77 | 120 | 197 |
1 | MUCH MORE IMPORTANT | 776 | 1134 | 1910 |
2 | MODERATELY MORE IMPORTANT | 803 | 916 | 1719 |
3 | SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT | 545 | 622 | 1167 |
4 | SAME IMPORTANCE | 382 | 443 | 825 |
5 | SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT | 254 | 234 | 488 |
6 | MODERATELY LESS IMPORTANT | 214 | 132 | 346 |
7 | MUCH LESS IMPORTANT | 141 | 82 | 223 |
mg005rer: How important is being able to decide what time to come to work and when to leave compared to high pay?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 23e
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 76 | 125 | 201 |
1 | MUCH MORE IMPORTANT | 277 | 440 | 717 |
2 | MODERATELY MORE IMPORTANT | 532 | 615 | 1147 |
3 | SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT | 531 | 554 | 1085 |
4 | SAME IMPORTANCE | 531 | 513 | 1044 |
5 | SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT | 489 | 530 | 1019 |
6 | MODERATELY LESS IMPORTANT | 452 | 499 | 951 |
7 | MUCH LESS IMPORTANT | 304 | 407 | 711 |
mg006rer: How important is being able to work without frequent checking by a supervisor compared to high pay?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 23f
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 75 | 112 | 187 |
1 | MUCH MORE IMPORTANT | 693 | 973 | 1666 |
2 | MODERATELY MORE IMPORTANT | 870 | 889 | 1759 |
3 | SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT | 442 | 492 | 934 |
4 | SAME IMPORTANCE | 396 | 450 | 846 |
5 | SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT | 321 | 351 | 672 |
6 | MODERATELY LESS IMPORTANT | 267 | 243 | 510 |
7 | MUCH LESS IMPORTANT | 128 | 173 | 301 |
mg007rer: How important is being able to avoid getting dirty on the job compared to high pay?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 23g
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 77 | 132 | 209 |
1 | MUCH MORE IMPORTANT | 51 | 214 | 265 |
2 | MODERATELY MORE IMPORTANT | 185 | 403 | 588 |
3 | SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT | 334 | 508 | 842 |
4 | SAME IMPORTANCE | 431 | 492 | 923 |
5 | SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT | 561 | 655 | 1216 |
6 | MODERATELY LESS IMPORTANT | 818 | 603 | 1421 |
7 | MUCH LESS IMPORTANT | 735 | 676 | 1411 |
mg008rer: How important is having a job that other people regard highly compared to high pay?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 23h
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 76 | 126 | 202 |
1 | MUCH MORE IMPORTANT | 213 | 381 | 594 |
2 | MODERATELY MORE IMPORTANT | 595 | 684 | 1279 |
3 | SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT | 510 | 529 | 1039 |
4 | SAME IMPORTANCE | 579 | 604 | 1183 |
5 | SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT | 458 | 524 | 982 |
6 | MODERATELY LESS IMPORTANT | 440 | 443 | 883 |
7 | MUCH LESS IMPORTANT | 321 | 392 | 713 |
mg009rer: How important is having a job that provides health insurance compared to high pay?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 23i
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 71 | 111 | 182 |
1 | MUCH MORE IMPORTANT | 1287 | 1859 | 3146 |
2 | MODERATELY MORE IMPORTANT | 745 | 688 | 1433 |
3 | SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT | 365 | 294 | 659 |
4 | SAME IMPORTANCE | 389 | 358 | 747 |
5 | SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT | 155 | 135 | 290 |
6 | MODERATELY LESS IMPORTANT | 98 | 114 | 212 |
7 | MUCH LESS IMPORTANT | 82 | 124 | 206 |
mg010rer: How important is having a job that provides a pension plan compared to high pay?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 23j
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 72 | 111 | 183 |
1 | MUCH MORE IMPORTANT | 1314 | 1786 | 3100 |
2 | MODERATELY MORE IMPORTANT | 743 | 763 | 1506 |
3 | SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT | 349 | 338 | 687 |
4 | SAME IMPORTANCE | 362 | 363 | 725 |
5 | SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT | 143 | 133 | 276 |
6 | MODERATELY LESS IMPORTANT | 121 | 99 | 220 |
7 | MUCH LESS IMPORTANT | 88 | 90 | 178 |