Labour Force Survey 2008
Namibia, 2008
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Ways used to look for work/start business (waystolookforwork1)
Data file: 2008 NLFS DATA SET Labeled
Overview
Valid:
9305
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
1
Start:
144
End:
147
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
If yes in g2
Literal question
How did you look for work or try to start your own business during the last 30 days?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | registration at ministry of labour offices |
| 2 | registration at other emplyment agencies |
| 3 | direct applications to employers |
| 4 | checking at work sites, farms, factory gates, market or othe |
| 5 | placed or answered media advertisement |
| 6 | seeking assistance of friends, relatives, colleaques, union |
| 7 | take action to start business or subsistence farming |
| 8 | other |
| 97 | not recorded |
| 98 | not applicable |
| 99 | don't know |
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
There exist many ways an unemployed person can use to look for a job. Here there are 8 possible response categories. The respondent should state the main means for looking for work. You should not read or state these categories to him/her. It is possible to have more than one response. You should circle the codes for the relevant response categories mentioned by the respondent.