Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2018

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP02
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee - 2
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 2
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 21
2 Visit a Careers Office 67
3 Visit a Jobclub 37
4 On books of private employment agency 143
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 163
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 594
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 1198
8 Apply directly to employers 214
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 227
10 Wait for results of application for job 75
14 Do anything else to find work 30
-9 Does not apply 87313
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2018
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.