Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2014

Variable Details

VariableMETHAL07
LabelMethod of looking for work 7
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 7
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 0
2 Visit a Careers Office 0
3 Visit a Jobclub 0
4 On books of private employment agency 1
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 4
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 1
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 19
8 Apply directly to employers 14
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 24
10 Wait for results of application for job 34
11 Look for premises or equipment 12
12 Seek any kind of permit 9
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 3
14 Do anything else to find work 7
-9 Does not apply 103141
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2014
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.