Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP09
LabelMeth.of looking for work as employee 9
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 occupies 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, do anything else to find work? Response 9
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 0
2 Visit a Careers Office 0
3 Visit a Jobclub 0
4 On books of private employment agency 0
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 0
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 0
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 0
8 Apply directly to employers 0
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 3
10 Wait for results of application for job 32
14 Do anything else to find work 16
-10 No answer/Does not apply 147929
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.