Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, September - November, 1997

Variable Details

Variablemethal06
LabelMethod of looking for work 6
Question text In the FOUR weeks ending Sunday the [date], did you do any of these things... visit a Jobcentre/Jobmarket or Training and Employment Agency Office; visit a Careers Office; visit a Jobclub; have your name on the books of a private employment agency; advertise for jobs in newspapers, journals or on the internet; answer advertisements in newspapers, journals or on the internet; study situations vacant columns in newspapers, journals or on the internet; apply directly to employers; ask friends, relatives, colleagues or trade unions about jobs; wait for the results of an application for a job; look for premises or equipment for a job; seek any kind of permit to be able to do a job; try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business; do anything else to find work? Response 6
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 0
2 Visit a Careers Office 0
3 Visit a Jobclub 0
4 On books of private employment agency 0
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 0
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 2
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 3
8 Apply directly to employers 32
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 91
10 Wait for results of application for job 115
11 Look for premises or equipment 14
12 Seek any kind of permit 3
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 7
14 Do anything else to find work 11
-9 Does not apply 148561
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, September - November, 1997
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year.