Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2024

Variable Details

VariableMETHAL01
LabelMethod of looking for work - 1
Question text In the four weeks ending Sunday the [date], did you do any of these things... visit a Jobcentre/Job-market or Jobs and Benefits Centres, visit a Careers Office, visit a Jobclub, have 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, 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, look for premises or equipment for a job, seek any kind of permit to be able to do a job, try to get a loan or other financial backing for a job or business, do anything else to find work? Response 1
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 29
2 Visit a Careers Office 1
3 Visit a Jobclub 1
4 On books of private employment agency 30
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 16
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 61
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 48
8 Apply directly to employers 13
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 17
10 Wait for results of application for job 1
11 Look for premises or equipment 0
12 Seek any kind of permit 0
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 0
14 Do anything else to find work 11
-9 Does not apply 50555
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2024
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingFour sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Data are collected quarterly