Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

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 18
2 Visit a Careers Office 27
3 Visit a Jobclub 19
4 On books of private employment agency 60
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 70
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 308
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers or journals 596
8 Apply directly to employers 128
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 105
10 Wait for results of application for job 42
14 Do anything else to find work 11
-9 Does not apply 51245
-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.