Public Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Survey, 1990: File auu

The 1990 EEO Public Sector Survey was conducted to determine progress under the EEO program since the last survey in 1985 and to provide information about employment patterns and opportunities within the New South Wales public sector. The study was designed to provide representative information on the employment experiences of women, Aboriginal people, people of non-English speaking background and people with physical disabilities in the public sector.

Topics investigated were employment details, income, promotion prospects, differential treatment of males and females, differential treatment of minority groups, training and development courses and own education. Language skills (proficiency in English, first language of parents) and details of any disabilities were also recorded. The questionnaire asked respondents about their experience (if any) of discrimination in their current employment.

Background variables include age, sex, birthplace and educational status.

Dataset ID:

au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.00798-auu

Principal Investigator:

Subject:

Social classes, Social order

Equality and inequality

Keywords:

Ethnic groups

Aboriginal employment

Employment

Careers

Disadvantaged groups

Discrimination in employment

Disabled and employment

Inservice training

Migrants and employment

Public service

Statutory authorities.

Racial relations - Racial discrimination - Employment

Document Description

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Document Title:

Public Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Survey, 1990: File auu

Document ID:

au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.00798-auu

Production

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Production Place:

Australian Data Archive 18 Balmain Crescent Canberra ACT 0200

Production Date:

20 Dec 1994

Version Statement

Date:

27 Aug 2004

Bibliographic Citation:

Hall, N., et al. Public Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Survey, 1990 [computer file]. Canberra: Australian Data Archive, The Australian National University, .

Study Description

The Study Description consists of information about the data collection, study, or compilation that the DDI-compliant documentation file describes. This section includes information about how the study should be cited, who collected or compiled the data, who distributes the data, keywords about the content of the data, summary (abstract) of the content of the data, data collection methods and processing, etc. Note that some content of the Study Description's Citation -- e.g., Responsibility Statement -- may be identical to that of the Documentation Citation. This is usually the case when the producer of a data collection also produced the print or electronic codebook for that data collection.

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Production

Production Date:

Fri, 11/22/2024

Distribution

Distributors

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Contact Persons:

Ian Brown 
Educational Testing Centre 
University of N.S.W. 
Sydney 2052

Affiliation:

University of N.S.W.

Depositor:

Ian Brown Educational Testing Centre University of N.S.W. Sydney 2052

Affiliation:

University of N.S.W.

Deposit Date:

Tue, 12/20/1994

Version Statement

Responsibility Statement:

Australian Data Archive

Study Information

Research Collection Date:

Mon, 03/26/1990 to Fri, 04/13/1990

Universe:

All NSW Government Department and Authority employees.

Kind of Data:

survey

Methodology

Time Method:

cross-sectional (one-time) partial replication (of previous study)

Data Collector:

Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinators from Departments and Authorities

Sampling Procedure:

Two techniques were used for selecting respondents depending on the size of the agency concerned. Those agencies with fewer than 5,000 employees took a census (78 of the 89 agencies). The other 11 agencies used either area cluster sampling or stratified random sampling. Number of units in original sample: 88420

Mode of Data Collection:

The method of distribution varied and depended on the size and geographic spread of the organisation. In smaller agencies questionnaires were usually distributed by hand, while in larger agencies they were distributed by mail. In some agencies self-completion in a group setting occured. Respondents were given the option of using return mail, placing the questionnaires in ballot boxes or handing them to appointed officers.

Actions to Minimize Losses:

One and a half weeks after the initial distribution of the questionnaires, a reminder letter was sent to all participating employees (due to the anonymity of the survey), encouraging those who had not returned their questionnaires to do so and thanking employees who had already responded.

Weighting:

Weighting criteria 
 
The sampled agencies are weighted based on known workforce figures so that they are represented in proportion to their representation in the Public Sector workforce as a whole. 
 
Weighting procedures 
 
Weights for results were calculated separately for females, for males and for when sex was not specified to increase precision and reduce bias towards the female workforce due to higher response rates from women. 
 
F - workforce number of females 
f- number of female respondents 
M - workforce number of males 
m - number of male respondents 
u - number of respondents of unknown sex 
uf - estimate of the number of female respondents in the unknown sex group, which is calculated as: 
 
uf = f / (f+m) * u 
 
um - estimate of the number of male respondents in the unknown sex group, which is calculated as: 
 
um = m / (f+m) * u 
 
Weights are: 
for females Wf = F / (Uf +f) 
 
for males Wm = M / (Um +m) 
 
for sex unknown Wu = (F+M) / (f + m + u) 
 
TAFE included their part-time staff in the sample, and due to there being significant differences between part-time and full-time staff, and for female and male staff, the results were further weighted by whether staff were employed full-time or part-time.

Class of the Study:

Level 2

Data Access

Access Conditions:

The depositor wishes to be informed (by the archive) of use being made of the data, in order to comment on that use and make contact with colleagues of similar interests.

Citation Requirements:

All manuscripts based in whole or in part on these data should:

(i) identify the data and original investigators by using the recommended bibliographic reference to the data file

(ii) acknowledge the Australian Data Archive and, where the data are made available through the Australian Data Archive by another archive, acknowledge that archive;

Hall, N., et al. Public Sector Equal Employment Opportunity Survey, 1990 [computer file]. Canberra: Australian Data Archive, The Australian National University, .

(iii) declare that those who carried out the original analysis and collection of the data bear no responsibility for the further analysis or interpretation of them.

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Disclaimer:

Use of the material is solely at the user's risk. The depositor, The Australian National University and the Australian Data Archive shall not be held responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the material supplied.

Other Study Materials

Related Publications:

Office of the Director of Equal Opportunity on Public Employment. 1990 EEO Survey Report for the New South Wales Public Sector. Sydney: 1992.