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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1998

Variable Details

VariableMETHAL05
LabelMethod of looking for work 5
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, IF YOU CODE 6 - CODE 7 AS WELL (unless code 6 occupied final space allowed) 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, 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 5
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 1
2 Visit a Careers Office 1
3 Visit a Jobclub 0
4 On books of private employment agency 1
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 0
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 3
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 34
8 Apply directly to employers 76
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 137
10 Wait for results of application for job 86
11 Look for premises or equipment 12
12 Seek any kind of permit 3
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 4
14 Do anything else to find work 13
-10 No answer/Does not apply 147609
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1998
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY. INDIVIDUAL PROMPT. (Note: the interview cannot proceed without an answer to this question)
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.
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