LIBRA LIBRA questionnairequestionnaire

Background

1000 questionnaire answers from two big town regions in Sweden

Västragötaland

Skåne-Halland

Homogen structur Homogen structur in the in the

construction construction industryindustry

among the 1000 individs who answered the questionnaire there were only 5 % women, mostly in service functions

mean age for men 42, women 41 years in construction

Men 22 Women 12

72 % work in companies of >50 employees and only 3 % work part time

76 % are workers 14 % are foremen or site managers 10 % work in other positions;

specialists, administrators, project managers etc

97 % of the men and all women are born in Sweden

92 % of the men and 99 % of the women have both parents born in Sweden

Homogen work Homogen work placesplaces

Men:

90 % of the men respond that nearly all or all are men on their workplace

Women:

17 % of the women respond that they work with more women than men.

33 % work on gender independent work places

50 % work in work places dominated by men.

 

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Traditional sharing Traditional sharing of workof work

Men:

89 % of the men work in workgroups where nearly all or all are men ( only 1 % of the men work in gender independent groups)

Women:

13 % of the women resond that in their work group there are only women.

25 % work in gender independent work groups

62 % work with mainly men

DiversityDiversity

Are there women or individuals with a foreign background?

At your work place ?45 % of the men and 53 % of the

women answered yes45 % of the men and 28 % of the

women answered no10 % of men 19 % of women

answered don’t know In your work group?

25 % of the men answered yes31 % of the women answered yes

How would the workplace change with more workers of

opposite sex?

Men answered % 36 better or

much better 50 unchanged 14 worse or

much worse

Women answered % 50 better or

much better 44 unchanged 6 worse or

much worse

What is the general attitude towards persons of foreign

background?as: Positiv

e or very positiv

Rather negative or very negativ

Skilled worker 70 30

Apprentices 71 29

Site bosses 57 43

Foremen 62 38

Site managers 61 39

Specialist 66 34

What is the general attitude towards women?

as: Positive or very positive

Rather negative or very negative

Skilled worker 78 22

Apprentices 82 18

Site bosses 69 31

Foremen 84 16

Site managers 84 16

Specialist 88 12

How would more people with foreign background affect

your workplace?Better ormuch better

Un-changed

Worse or much worse

Friendship 13 75 13

The groups work performance

10 77 14

Quality of work

8 78 14

The groups working methods

12 75 14

How would more women affect your workplace?

% Better or much better

Un-changed

Worse or much worse

Friendship 43 54 2

The groups work performance

24 60 16

Quality 23 72 5

The groups working methods

23 69 8

What are women’s compared to men’s conditions according…..

Gender equalityGender equality

Better or much better

The same

Worse or much worse

Work development

16 67 17

Raise of wages

8 52 40

Education 17 78 5

Possibility to change the workplace situation

17 67 16

Support from fellow-workers

22 68 10

Support from management

22 67 11

Personal Personal perception of perception of

gender equality gender equality and diversity in the and diversity in the

workplaceworkplace

Willingness to contribute actively

towards more women at your workplace %

towards more foreigners at your workplace %

Absolutely 37 25

To a certain extent

23 28

Maybe 26 28

No hardly 11 12

Absolutely not 3 8

Psychosocial Psychosocial environmentenvironment

Description of my workplace…

% Often or very often

Some-times

Seldom or never

Do not know

Nice working atmosphere

80 16 4 0

Open mind for new ideas

57 32 9 0

I can affect my working situation

66 29 9 0

I have support from management

64 25 10 1

One can criticise

61 31 8 1

Apprentices are welcome

72 20 5 3

% Often or very often

Some-times

Seldom or never

Do not know

The friendship is good

90 8 2 0

Harsh words but OK

64 27 9 0

Psyching out occurs

19 32 45 4

Tougher for individuals with foreign background

16 23 33 28

One has to adjust to unwritten rules

29 39 23 9

We accept newcomers

81 16 2 1

Tough for women here

35 29 23 14

Bullying occurs 4 11 70 15