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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2017
Variable Details
| Variable | METHMP01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Method of looking for work as employee - 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | CODE ALL THAT APPLY. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Location of units of observation: National;Population: All persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Simple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study Data are collected quarterly |
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