Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2015

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP01
LabelMethod 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 924
2 Visit a Careers Office 40
3 Visit a Jobclub 26
4 On books of private employment agency 604
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 305
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 1133
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 1075
8 Apply directly to employers 281
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 176
10 Wait for results of application for job 72
14 Do anything else to find work 142
-9 Does not apply 88006
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseLocation of units of observation:National;Population:All persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Data are collected quarterly