Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 1999

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 or journals; answer advertisements in newspapers or journals; study situations vacant columns in newspapers or journals; 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 3750
2 Visit a Careers Office 130
3 Visit a Jobclub 19
4 On books of private employment agency 732
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 22
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 1323
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 1324
8 Apply directly to employers 319
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 103
10 Wait for results of application for job 60
14 Do anything else to find work 74
-9 Does not apply 139219
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 1999
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY. (Note: the interview cannot proceed without an answer to this question).
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From winter 1994-1995, Northern Ireland is included in each quarter. Prior to this, data were only collected there in the March-May quarter each year. When the LFS moved to a quarterly cycle, two new groups of people were included in the survey to improve the coverage of young people: residents in National Health Service (NHS) hospital accommodation (formerly called nurses' homes), and students living in halls of residence or boarding schools.<br>Northern Ireland is not included in the Local Area Data files before 1997.;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly.