Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, March - May, 2020

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP04
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee - 4
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 4
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 6
2 Visit a Careers Office 5
3 Visit a Jobclub 5
4 On books of private employment agency 12
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 9
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 52
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 156
8 Apply directly to employers 190
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 200
10 Wait for results of application for job 183
14 Do anything else to find work 14
-9 Does not apply 69177
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, March - May, 2020
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