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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2023

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP01
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee - 1
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 1
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 190
2 Visit a Careers Office 14
3 Visit a Jobclub 10
4 On books of private employment agency 218
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 131
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 513
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 507
8 Apply directly to employers 161
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 71
10 Wait for results of application for job 50
14 Do anything else to find work 85
-9 Does not apply 55926
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2023
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
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