Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2015

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP02
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee 2
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 2
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 39
2 Visit a Careers Office 110
3 Visit a Jobclub 79
4 On books of private employment agency 232
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 228
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 835
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 1452
8 Apply directly to employers 289
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 338
10 Wait for results of application for job 75
14 Do anything else to find work 35
-9 Does not apply 89072
-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