A multilevel analysis of job satisfaction in Britain - WERS 2004

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AppendixTable A1 Descriptive statistics of the satisfaction/LHS variablesAll Men WomenLHS variables Mean St.dev Mean St.dev Mean St.devOverall job satisfaction (additive scale) 0.707 0.455 0.677 0.468 0.734 0.442Sense of achievement you get 0.698 0.459 0.670 0.470 0.723 0.448Scope for using own initiative 0.711 0.453 0.704 0.456 0.717 0.451Amount of influence you have over your job 0.566 0.496 0.562 0.496 0.569 0.495Training you receive 0.494 0.500 0.447 0.497 0.536 0.498Amount of pay you receive 0.353 0.478 0.337 0.473 0.366 0.483Job security 0.613 0.487 0.575 0.494 0.647 0.478Involvement in decision making you have 0.382 0.486 0.383 0.486 0.382 0.486The work itself 0.712 0.453 0.675 0.469 0.745 0.436No. of observations 20692 9620 11072Table A2 Correlation matrix of satisfaction variables (no. of obs 20692)1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91. Overall job satis 1.002. Sense of achievement 0.56 1.003. Scope for using own init. 0.55 0.51 1.004. Amount of influence you’ve 0.53 0.45 0.58 1.005. Training you receive 0.38 0.25 0.24 0.28 1.006. Amount of pay you receive 0.30 0.19 0.18 0.22 0.25 1.007. Job security 0.41 0.25 0.23 0.26 0.27 0.25 1.008. Involvement in decision mak’n 0.39 0.32 0.34 0.41 0.26 0.24 0.23 1.009. The work itself 0.54 0.58 0.44 0.41 0.26 0.22 0.29 0.29 1.0033
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