Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

VariableMETHAL03
LabelMethod of looking for work 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 occupied 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, 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 3.
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 3
2 Visit a Careers Office 1
3 Visit a Jobclub 19
4 On books of private employment agency 28
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 25
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 94
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 151
8 Apply directly to employers 61
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 56
10 Wait for results of application for job 16
11 Look for premises or equipment 5
12 Seek any kind of permit 0
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 0
14 Do anything else to find work 3
-10 No answer/Does not apply 120367
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008
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.