Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2013

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP01
LabelMeth.of looking for work as employee 1
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 1
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 1890
2 Visit a Careers Office 84
3 Visit a Jobclub 51
4 On books of private employment agency 751
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 346
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 1341
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 1306
8 Apply directly to employers 342
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 198
10 Wait for results of application for job 75
14 Do anything else to find work 159
-9 Does not apply 96744
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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.