Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2004

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP02
LabelMeth.of looking for work as employee 2
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, IF YOU CODE 6 - CODE 7 AS WELL (unless code 6 occupies final space allowed), 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, do anything else to find work? Response 2
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 35
2 Visit a Careers Office 308
3 Visit a Jobclub 97
4 On books of private employment agency 498
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 129
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 1085
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 1711
8 Apply directly to employers 287
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 448
10 Wait for results of application for job 134
14 Do anything else to find work 29
-10 No answer/Does not apply 123763
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2004
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.