Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2023

Variable Details

VariableMETHMP02
LabelMethod of looking for work as employee - 2
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 2
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 15
2 Visit a Careers Office 31
3 Visit a Jobclub 10
4 On books of private employment agency 69
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 73
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 303
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 590
8 Apply directly to employers 105
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 121
10 Wait for results of application for job 68
14 Do anything else to find work 19
-9 Does not apply 56472
-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