Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2014

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP05
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee 5
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 5
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 6
2 Visit a Careers Office 4
3 Visit a Jobclub 3
4 On books of private employment agency 12
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 23
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 66
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 177
8 Apply directly to employers 300
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 448
10 Wait for results of application for job 462
14 Do anything else to find work 32
-9 Does not apply 98519
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 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.