Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2013

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP07
LabelMeth.of looking for work as employee 7
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 7
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 4
2 Visit a Careers Office 1
3 Visit a Jobclub 5
4 On books of private employment agency 9
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 5
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 2
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 22
8 Apply directly to employers 47
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 134
10 Wait for results of application for job 258
14 Do anything else to find work 32
-9 Does not apply 98359
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2013
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