Women in management. Why women in the NHS don't get a share of the action.

The survey was designed to give a representative picture of staff attitudes across the South East Thames region. A key intention of the survey was to collect information from all staff groups and locations. Questionnaires were sent out during September and October 1992 to a random sample of women and men. By the close of the survey, 1,886 usable questionnaires had been returned from members of the survey sample, representing a response rate of 43 per cent. In addition, 512 questionnaires had been received from volunteers. The analysis presented in the report is based on 2,398 survey respondents, 18 per cent of whom were men.