Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2012

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP04
LabelMeth.of looking for work as employee 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 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 4
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 23
2 Visit a Careers Office 3
3 Visit a Jobclub 13
4 On books of private employment agency 71
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 51
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 257
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 624
8 Apply directly to employers 816
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 714
10 Wait for results of application for job 411
14 Do anything else to find work 23
-9 Does not apply 95459
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly