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Labour Force Survey 2008

Namibia, 2008
Reference ID
NAM_2008_LFS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
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Duration of unemployment (duraetionofunemploymnet)

Data file: 2008 NLFS DATA SET Labeled

Overview

Valid: 9305
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 142
End: 142
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
For how long have you been without work and available for work?
Categories
Value Category
1 less than one month
2 1 month but under 3 months
3 3 months but under 6 months
4 6 months but under 1 year
5 1 year but under 2 years
6 2 years or more
7 not recorded
8 not applicable
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
The respondent should give information on the duration he/she had been unemployed and available for work. Remember: this question does not refer to the last 30 days only. You should circle the code of the appropriate time period of being without work as given below:
1 Less than one month
2 1 month, but under 3 months
3 3 months, but under 6 months
4 6 month, but under 1 year
5 1 year, but under 2 years
6 2 years or more

Description

Definition
Persons who have not worked the last 7 days, and had no job, business or subsistence farming but were ready to work, coded 1 in d5.
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