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Quarterly Labour Force Survey, May - July, 2021

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Variable Details

Variable

METHMP05

Label

Method 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

Disclaimer

Please note that these frequencies are not weighted.

Location

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, May - July, 2021

Interviewer Instructions

CODE ALL THAT APPLY.

Study Type

Repeated cross-sectional study

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