Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2018

Variable Details

VariableMETHAL04
LabelMethod of looking for work - 4
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 4
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 1
2 Visit a Careers Office 1
3 Visit a Jobclub 0
4 On books of private employment agency 4
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 6
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 7
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 46
8 Apply directly to employers 42
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 39
10 Wait for results of application for job 19
11 Look for premises or equipment 1
12 Seek any kind of permit 1
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 0
14 Do anything else to find work 3
-9 Does not apply 87463
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2018
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study