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Appendix: Survey questionnaire administered to a sample of railway workers at Sekondi Location

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2009

Richard Jeffries
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Face-sheet

  1. Age

  2. Tribe and place of origin

  3. Job category

  4. Family size (and number of non-nuclear dependants)

  5. Length of time resident in Sekondi-Takoradi

  6. Length of time working in the railways

  7. Future intentions and aspirations

  8. Father's occupation

  9. Educational level

Questions

  1. When union do you belong to? Why do you prefer this to the other union?

  2. What do you consider to be the most important qualities of a good trade union leader?

  3. Have you ever been, or would you like to be, a union official? Why, or why not?

  4. Do you think the present TUC leadership is doing a good job?

  5. When do you think it is legitimate for workers to strike? What do you think is the main cause of the large number of strikes in Ghana?

  6. Do you think Ghana's politicians and senior civil servants are (a) mostly fairly honest, (b) setting an example of making sacrifice, (c) capable of improving the country's economic situation?

  7. Do you generally approve of the recent budget? Why, or why not?

  8. Do you agree that the government's first priority should be rural development?

  9. Are you hopeful of gaining any wage increase from the Campbell Commission or the Pay Research Unit?

  10. […]

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Class, Power and Ideology in Ghana
The Railwaymen of Sekondi
 , pp. 210 - 212
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1978

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