Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2024

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 200
2 Visit a Careers Office 12
3 Visit a Jobclub 13
4 On books of private employment agency 195
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 143
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 505
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers or journals 549
8 Apply directly to employers 126
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 85
10 Wait for results of application for job 49
14 Do anything else to find work 80
-9 Does not apply 50672
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2024
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY.
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.