Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2017

Variable Details

VariableMETHAL03
LabelMethod of looking for work - 3
Question text In the four weeks ending Sunday the [date], did you do any of these things... visit a Jobcentre/Job-market or Jobs and Benefits Centres, visit a Careers Office, visit a Jobclub, have 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 3
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 2
2 Visit a Careers Office 2
3 Visit a Jobclub 6
4 On books of private employment agency 13
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 9
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 45
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 82
8 Apply directly to employers 52
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 43
10 Wait for results of application for job 19
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 5
-9 Does not apply 88445
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2017
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