Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Household Dataset, April - June, 2024

Variable Details

VariableMETHAL05
LabelMethod of looking for work - 5
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 5
Responses
1 Visit a Jobcentre 2
2 Visit a Careers Office 0
3 Visit a Jobclub 0
4 On books of private employment agency 2
5 Advertise in newspapers or journals 1
6 Answer ads in newspapers and journals 2
7 Studying situations vacant in newspapers/journals 3
8 Apply directly to employers 18
9 Ask friends, relatives, colleagues, TUs 19
10 Wait for results of application for job 14
11 Look for premises or equipment 2
12 Seek any kind of permit 0
13 Try to get loan, other financial backing 1
14 Do anything else to find work 0
-9 Does not apply 57369
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, Household Dataset, April - June, 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.