Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2007

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP03
LabelMeth.of looking for work as employee 3
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 3.
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 27
2 Visit a Careers Office 5
3 Visit a Jobclub 58
4 On books of private employment agency 112
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 113
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 616
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 1184
8 Apply directly to employers 802
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 484
10 Wait for results of application for job 261
14 Do anything else to find work 42
-10 No answer/Does not apply 119012
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2007
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.