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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2019

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 5
2 Visit a Careers Office 0
3 Visit a Jobclub 6
4 On books of private employment agency 12
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 6
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 38
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 85
8 Apply directly to employers 49
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 34
10 Wait for results of application for job 4
11 Look for premises or equipment 4
12 Seek any kind of permit 1
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 1
14 Do anything else to find work 6
-9 Does not apply 86297
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2019
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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