Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, May - July, 2021

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP05
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee - 5
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 5
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 5
2 Visit a Careers Office 0
3 Visit a Jobclub 1
4 On books of private employment agency 21
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 10
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 18
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 29
8 Apply directly to employers 97
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 148
10 Wait for results of application for job 236
14 Do anything else to find work 25
-9 Does not apply 88234
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, May - July, 2021
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study