Effects of Company Training Policies on Women's Employment Opportunities in Plymouth, 1979-1980

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The aims of this survey were:<br>
1. To add to knowledge of company training policies and practices, with special reference to engineering;<br>
2. To investigate the factors limiting women's access to vocational training;<br>
3. To examine the extent to which company training policies and practices promote or inhibit equal opportunities in employment for women.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The data held by the Archive pertain to the interviews with women employees. Main variables studied are occupation, work history (bimodal pattern), education, training, promotion, family circumstances, attitude to women and work, hours worked, position in hierarchy, work aspirations.<br>
The findings from interviews with managers across the five companies studied and from examination of company documents, are reported in publications arising from the study but are not included in the data held by the Archive.

<P>摘要版权归英国数据服务（UK Data Service）及数据收集版权所有者所有。</P><br>本调查的目的如下：<br>1. 丰富企业培训政策与实践的相关知识，尤其聚焦于工程领域；<br>2. 探究限制女性获取职业培训的因素；<br>3. 考察企业培训政策与实践在多大程度上促进或阻碍女性就业平等机会。<br><B>核心主题</B>:<BR><br>档案所存数据涉及对女性员工的访谈。研究的主要变量包括职业、工作经历（双峰模式）、教育背景、培训情况、晋升机会、家庭状况、对女性与工作的态度、工作时长、层级职位及职业抱负。<br>对五家研究企业管理者的访谈结果及企业文件分析结果已在该研究的相关出版物中报告，但未包含在档案所存数据内。