Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2021

Variable Details

VariableMETHAL01
LabelMethod of looking for work - 1
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 1
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 22
2 Visit a Careers Office 1
3 Visit a Jobclub 1
4 On books of private employment agency 122
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 52
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 120
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 102
8 Apply directly to employers 17
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 23
10 Wait for results of application for job 3
11 Look for premises or equipment 2
12 Seek any kind of permit 0
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 1
14 Do anything else to find work 21
-9 Does not apply 81528
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2021
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