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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996

Variable Details

VariableMETHAL01
LabelMethod of looking for work 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; 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 1
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 1
2 Visit a Careers Office 71
3 Visit a Jobclub 56
4 On books of private employment agency 181
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 24
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 335
7 Study sits vac in newspapers or journals 322
8 Apply directly to employers 40
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 83
10 Wait for results of application for job 9
11 Look for premises or equipment 2
12 Seek any kind of permit 0
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 1
14 Do anything else to find work 4
-10 No answer/Does not apply 153084
-9 Does not apply 0
-8 No answer 0
-5 Non-data due to seasonal-to-calendar quarter change 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 1996
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY - INDIVIDUAL PROMPT
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 TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.
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