Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2010

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP05
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee 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, 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 occupies 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, do anything else to find work? Response 5.
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 11
2 Visit a Careers Office 15
3 Visit a Jobclub 4
4 On books of private employment agency 24
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 38
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 97
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 292
8 Apply directly to employers 604
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 780
10 Wait for results of application for job 674
14 Do anything else to find work 56
-10 No answer/Does not apply 112375
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2010
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.