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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2016

Variable Details

VariableLKWFWM
LabelLooking for work in last 4 weeks (main method)
Responses
1 Job Centre 284
2 Careers office 26
3 Job Club 12
4 Private employment agency 213
5 Advertise in newspapers etc. 160
6 Answering adverts in newspapers etc. 700
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 2474
8 Direct approach to employers 384
9 Ask friends relatives etc. 354
10 Waiting for job application results 150
11 Looking for premises or equipment 25
12 Seek any permits for jobs 5
13 Try to obtain finance 11
14 Do anything else 343
15 Not looked in last 4 weeks 65584
-9 Does not apply 19404
-8 No answer 154
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2016
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly
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