An open ended questionnaire used to collect findings and the results for the UK discrimination legislation

An open ended questionnaire used to collect findings and the results for the UK    discrimination legislation

Appendix I

Background information

1. Gender Male Female
2. What is your age group?
3. Under 30                                                        [     ]
4. 31-40                                                                 [     ]
5. 41-50 [     ]
6. Over 50                                                             [     ]

 

Appendix II

Part A: Prejudice among the people of UK and how the prejudice affects the attainment of the discrimination legislations

1. Generally speaking, do you think there is a lot of prejudice in UK against women and disabled people in general, a little, hardly any or none?

1 A lot

2 A little

3 Hardly any

4 None

8 Don’t know

9 Refuse

2. Out of every 100 people living in the UK, how many do you think are disabled?

Interviewer: Encourage best estimate if unsure.

Record number between 0 and 100

• Don’t know
• Refusal

3. Do you think the attainment of the UK discriminative legislations has been hampered by negative attitude among people who believe in chauvinism?

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4. Does education and knowledge have an impact on the attitude of the people towards gender discrimination or women with disabilities?

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5. Do you think the negative attitude is diminishing or is it on the rise?

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Part B: Discrimination at work place, job flexibility and pay rates

1. Does this condition or disability have a substantial adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities?

1 Yes

2 No

3 Don’t know

4 Refuse

2. Are women instrumental in initiating change at the modern UK workplace?

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3. Is there discrimination in provision of some job descriptions?

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4. On a scale of 10 how would you rank the rate of biasness and its impact on work place flexibility?

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5. Are there women with disabilities at your place of work?

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6. What is their ratio as compared to other able bodied employees?

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Part C: Social economic factors and their influence on the discrimination legislations

• A). If you went to a hotel and found both a male and a female cashier who would you prefer to the other?

1 Man

2 Women

B). Why?

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• In your own perspective, do you think the UK discrimination legislations have been effective in reforming our societies?

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• How do you think you would feel if your local Member of Parliament (MP) had a sensory impairment or any other disability?

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• What do you think most people such as your close friends would feel (if someone referred to disabled people in a negative way)?

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• Which of the ranges provided represents the total income of your household from all sources before tax?

Note: Includes income from benefits, savings, etc. Household income variable derived from HH income

1 Less than £14,999

• £15,000 to 25,999
• 3 £26,000 to 43,999
• 4 £44,000 or more
• 8 (Don’t know)
• 9 (Refuse)