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This study aimed to discover what motivates people to undertake temporary work through a private employment agency; to study the characteristics of people working as `temps' on a nationwide, multi-agency and regional basis; and to investigate opinions of temporary workers about their work and the private employment agencies.

Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Type of work: office workers; nurses; industrial; professional; domestic and catering. Reasons for doing temporary work are explored in detail. Background Variables Age, sex, marital status, area.

No sampling (total universe)

temporary workers who were members of the Federation of Personnel Services

Self-completion