UK Data Service variable record for:
Variable | METHAL01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Label | Method of looking for work 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Question text | In the four weeks ending Sunday the [date], did you do any of these things... visit a Jobcentre/Job-market or Jobs and Benefits Centres, visit a Careers Office, visit a Jobclub, have 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, 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 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interviewer Instructions | CODE ALL THAT APPLY. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Universe | All persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;National | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sampling | Simple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly. |