Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2009

Variable Details

VariableMETHAL04
LabelMethod of looking for work 4
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 4.
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 1
2 Visit a Careers Office 1
3 Visit a Jobclub 2
4 On books of private employment agency 17
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 19
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 64
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 147
8 Apply directly to employers 136
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 117
10 Wait for results of application for job 35
11 Look for premises or equipment 7
12 Seek any kind of permit 1
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 2
14 Do anything else to find work 10
-10 No answer/Does not apply 113635
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2009
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 April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year.