Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2016

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP07
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee - 7
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 7
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 0
2 Visit a Careers Office 4
3 Visit a Jobclub 1
4 On books of private employment agency 2
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 3
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 5
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 17
8 Apply directly to employers 21
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 54
10 Wait for results of application for job 129
14 Do anything else to find work 24
-9 Does not apply 90023
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2016
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
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