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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2021

Variable Details

VariableMAINME
LabelMethod of looking for work (Government scheme or employees)
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 37
2 Visit a Careers Office 3
3 Visit a Jobclub 4
4 On books of private employment agency 159
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 118
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 577
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 1505
8 Apply directly to employers 215
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 123
10 Wait for results of application for job 107
14 Do anything else to find work 117
-9 Does not apply 79050
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2021
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
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