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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2021

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP03
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee - 3
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 3
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 14
2 Visit a Careers Office 5
3 Visit a Jobclub 12
4 On books of private employment agency 69
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 36
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 188
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 457
8 Apply directly to employers 471
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 218
10 Wait for results of application for job 132
14 Do anything else to find work 28
-9 Does not apply 82658
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2021
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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