Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2020

Variable Details

VariableMAINME
LabelMethod of looking for work (Government scheme or employees)
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 42
2 Visit a Careers Office 3
3 Visit a Jobclub 5
4 On books of private employment agency 150
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 118
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 545
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 1355
8 Apply directly to employers 216
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 154
10 Wait for results of application for job 87
14 Do anything else to find work 117
-9 Does not apply 72040
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2020
Interviewer InstructionsCode main method from those coded at previous question.
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study