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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, September - November, 2020

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP05
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee - 5
Question text We are interested in understanding why you became self-employed. Which of the following reasons describes why you became self-employed?
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 1
2 Visit a Careers Office 0
3 Visit a Jobclub 1
4 On books of private employment agency 23
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 11
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 9
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 23
8 Apply directly to employers 100
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 174
10 Wait for results of application for job 227
14 Do anything else to find work 21
-9 Does not apply 72745
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, September - November, 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
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