Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2006

Variable Details

Variablemethmp01
LabelMeth.of looking for work as employee 1
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 1.
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 2236
2 Visit a Careers Office 111
3 Visit a Jobclub 18
4 On books of private employment agency 615
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 166
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 1074
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 986
8 Apply directly to employers 295
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 142
10 Wait for results of application for job 53
14 Do anything else to find work 142
-9 Does not apply 118268
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2006
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.