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STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012 (Wave 1)

Sri Lanka, 2012
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Data file: STEP Sri_Lanka_working

STEP Sri Lanka Working Dataset
The dataset contains information on all selected individual respondents from the background questionnaire's Module 1 to Module 11, and scores from Reading Literacy Assessment.

Cases: 2989
Variables: 1258

Variables

m4a_q15_other
Main reason-other
m4a_q16
Since age 15, have worked for pay
m4a_q17
Since age 15, has done occasional job for pay
m4a_q18
Are there any jobs that you can do without education
m4a_q19_mth
When did your most recent work end?-month
m4a_q19_y
When did your most recent work end?-year
m4a_q20
Occupation in most recent job
m4a_q20_text
Q20:Text
m4a_q21_1
Task description of most recent job (1)
m4a_q21_2
Task description of most recent job (2)
m4a_q21_3
Task description of most recent job (3)
m4a_q22_y
Years in occupation
m4a_q22_m
Months in occupation
m4a_q23
Did you start actively looking for another job?
m4a_q24
Why did you stop working?
m4a_q24_other
why did you stop working - other
m4a_q25
Type of employment
m4a_q25_other
Type of employment-other
m4a_q26
Did you work in a wage job?
m4a_q27
Had social security benefits in this wage job?
m4a_q28
Why did you stop wage job?
m4a_q28_other
Why did you stop wage job - other
m4a_q29
Any other kinds of work you can do?
m4a_q30_1_string
Q30: Occupation 1
m4a_q30_1
Kind of job occupation(1)
m4a_q30_2_string
Q30: Occupation 2
m4a_q30_2
Kind of job occupation(2)
m4a_q30_3_string
Q30: Occupation 3
m4a_q30_3
Kind of job occupation(3)
m4a_q31_1
Usual tasks(1)
m4a_q31_2
Usual tasks(2)
m4a_q31_3
Usual tasks(3)
m4b_ln_1
Line number
m4b_ln_2
Line number
m4b_ln_3
Line number
m4b_ln_4
Line number
m4b_q01_1
Kind of work you did- code (1)
m4b_q01_2
Kind of work you did- code (2)
m4b_q01_3
Kind of work you did- code (3)
m4b_q01_4
Kind of work you did- code (4)
m4b_q02_1
Usual main tasks at this job?
m4b_q02_2
Usual main tasks at this job?
m4b_q02_3
Usual main tasks at this job?
m4b_q02_4
Usual main tasks at this job?
m4b_q03_1
In this work, were you working for
m4b_q03_2
In this work, were you working for
m4b_q03_3
In this work, were you working for
m4b_q03_4
In this work, were you working for
m4b_q04_1
Main economic activity of the enterprise you are working for/own business
m4b_q04_2
Main economic activity of the enterprise you are working for/own business
m4b_q04_3
Main economic activity of the enterprise you are working for/own business
m4b_q04_4
Main economic activity of the enterprise you are working for/own business
m4b_q05_1
Days per week doing this activity
m4b_q06_1
Hours per day doing this activity
m4b_q05_2
Days per week doing this activity
m4b_q06_2
Hours per day doing this activity
m4b_q05_3
Days per week doing this activity
m4b_q06_3
Hours per day doing this activity
m4b_q05_4
Days per week doing this activity
m4b_q06_4
Hours per day doing this activity
m4b_q07_1
Total hours per week doing this activity
m4b_q07_2
Total hours per week doing this activity
m4b_q07_3
Total hours per week doing this activity
m4b_q07_4
Total hours per week doing this activity
m4b_q08_1
Weeks per year doing this activity
m4b_q08_2
Weeks per year doing this activity
m4b_q08_3
Weeks per year doing this activity
m4b_q08_4
Weeks per year doing this activity
m4b_q09
Would like to work more hours per week
m4b_q10
Other kind of work you can do
m4b_q11_1_string
Q11: Occupation1
m4b_q11_1
Occupation Code (1)
m4b_q11_2_string
Q11: Occuption2
m4b_q11_2
Occupation Code (2)
m4b_q11_3_string
Q11:Occupation3
m4b_q11_3
Occupation Code (3)
m4b_q12_1
Occupation 1 tasks
m4b_q12_2
Occupation 2 tasks
m4b_q12_3
Occupation 3 tasks
m4c_q01_code
Main occupation code
m4c_q02
How did you find this job?
m4c_q02_other
how did you find this job? - other
m4c_q03_m
Time doing this job - months
m4c_q03_y
Time doing this job - years
m4c_q04
What were you doing before this job
m4c_q04_other
what were doing before... - other
m4c_q05_m
How long you were [m4c_q04]-months
m4c_q05_y
How long you were [m4c_q04]-years
m4c_q06
Type of employment
m4c_q06_other
type of employment - other
m4c_q07
Best source of funds of business/own account...
m4c_q07_other
other
m4c_q08
Total number of workers in business/own account...
m4c_q08_other
Q7: Other
m4c_q09_amnt
Net profit of business(Amount in local currency)
m4c_q09_amnt_usd
Net profit of business(Amount in USD ppp)
m4c_q09_period
Net profit of business period
m4c_q10
Would you like to expand your business
m4c_q11
Faces any constraint or problem in expanding
m4c_q12
Main constraint
m4c_q12_other
Main constraint-other
m4c_q13
Had a wage job before self-employment
m4c_q14
Had social security in this wage job
m4c_q15
Why did you stop this wage job?
m4c_q15_other
other
m4c_q16
Do you have unpaid workers?
m4c_q17
Do you have paid workers?
m4c_q18
Have signed a contract
m4c_q19
Who is your employer
m4c_q19_other
Who is your employer-other
m4c_q21
How many paid workers are employed
m4c_q22
Affiliated with social security in this job
m4c_q23
Is this job?
m4c_q24
Receive wages, salary or other monetary payments
m4c_q25
Net payment last pay period( local currency)
m4c_q25_usd
USD net payment last pay period
m4c_q26
Pay period
m4c_q26_other
period - other
m4c_q27
Latest amount of cash gotten from business
m4c_q27_usd
USD latest amount of money you received from business
m4c_q28
Period of payment
m4c_q28_other
period of payment - other
m4c_q29
Receive payments in kind
m4d1_1_3
January to march 2008
m4d1_4_6
April to june 2008
m4d1_7_9
july to september 2008
m4d1_10_12
octomber to december 2008
m4d2_1_3
January to march 2009
m4d2_4_6
April to june 2009
m4d2_7_9
july to september 2009
m4d2_10_12
octomber to december 2009
m4d3_1_3
January to march 2010
m4d3_4_6
April to june 2010
m4d3_7_9
july to september 2010
m4d3_10_12
octomber to december 2010
m4d4_1_3
January to march 2011
m4d4_4_6
April to june 2011
m4d4_7_9
july to september 2011
m4d4_10_12
octomber to december 2011
m5a_q01
Respondent answered 4c
m5a_q01_occ_code
Occupation code
m5a_q02
Respondent worked in the past 12 months
m5a_q02_occ_code
occupation code
m5a_q04
Reading at work
m5a_q05_1
Forms?
m5a_q05_2
Bills?
m5a_q05_3
Instruction manuals?
m5a_q05_4
Reports?
m5a_q05_5
Newspapers,magazines or books?
m5a_q05_6
Other?
m5a_q05_6_ot_code1
Q5:other code1
m5a_q05_6_ot_text1
Q5: OTHER (SPECIFY________________________
m5a_q05_6_2
Q5: Other2
m5a_q05_6_ot_code2
Q5: Other code2
m5a_q05_6_ot_text2
Q5: Other (SPECIFY__________________________
m5a_q06
Size - longest document that you read at work
m5a_q07
Size - longest document that you read outside work
m5a_q08
Do you read outside work?
m5a_q09_1
E-mails outside work?
m5a_q09_2
Forms outside work?
m5a_q09_3
Bills outside work?
m5a_q09_4
Instruction manuals outside work?
m5a_q09_5
Newspapers, magazines or books outside work?
m5a_q09_6
Other outside work?
m5a_q09_6_ot_code1
Q9_6:Other code
m5a_q09_6_ot_text1
Q9_6: OTHER (SPECIFY________________________)
m5a_q09_6_2
Q9_6:Other2
m5a_q09_6_ot_code2
Q9_6: Other code2
m5a_q09_6_ot_text2
Q9_6: OTHER (SPECIFY________________________)
m5a_q10
Size - longest document that you read outside work
m5a_q11
On this work, did you fill out bills or forms?
m5a_q12
Have you ever written anything else at work?
m5a_q13
Whats the longest document you write/wrote at work?
m5a_q14
Whats the longest document you wrote outside work?
m5a_q15
Have you filled bills or forms outside work?
m5a_q16
Do you write anything that is a few sentences long outside work?
m5a_q17
Whats the longest document that you have written?
m5a_q18_1
Measure sizes, weights, distances at work?
m5a_q18_2
Calculate prices or costs at work?
m5a_q18_3
Use or calculate fractions or decimals at work?
m5a_q18_4
Perform any other multiplication or division at work?
m5a_q18_5
Advanced math at work?
m5a_q18_6
Use (other) at work?
m5a_q18_6_ot_code1
Q18_6: Other code1
m5a_q18_6_ot_text1
Q18_6: OTHER MATHS (SPECIFY ___________________________)
m5a_q18_6_2
Q18-6: Other2
m5a_q18_6_ot_code2
Q18_6: Other code2
m5a_q18_6_ot_text2
Q18_6: OTHER (SPECIFY_______________________)
m5a_q19_1
Measure sizes, weights or distances outside work?
m5a_q19_2
Calculate prices or costs outside work?
m5a_q19_3
Use or calculate fractions or decimals outside work?
m5a_q19_4
Perform any other multiplication or division outside work?
m5a_q19_5
Use advanced math outside work?
m5a_q19_6
Use (other) outside work?
m5a_q19_6_ot_code1
Q19_6: Other code 1
m5a_q19_6_ot_text1
Q19_6: OTHER MATHS (SPECIFY ___________________________)
m5a_q19_6_2
Q19_6: Other2
m5a_q19_6_ot_code2
q19_6: other code2
m5a_q19_6_ot_text2
Q19_6: OTHER (SPECIFY________________________)
m5a_q20
Did lack of writting skills in [official language] give you trouble?
m5a_q21
Do you read anything that is a few sentences long?
m5a_q22_1
E-mails?
m5a_q22_2
Forms?
m5a_q22_3
Bills?
m5a_q22_4
Instruction manuals?
m5a_q22_5
Newspapers, magazines or books?
m5a_q22_6
Other?
m5a_q22_6_ot_code1
Q22_6: Other code1
m5a_q22_6_ot_text1
Q22_6: OTHER (SPECIFY________________________)
m5a_q22_6_2
Q22_6: Other2
m5a_q22_6_ot_code2
Q22_6:Other code2
m5a_q22_6_ot_text2
Q22_6: OTHER (SPECIFY____________________)
m5a_q23
Size - longest document that you read in last 12 months
m5a_q24
Have you filled out bills or forms?
m5a_q25
Have you written lists or notes a few sentences long?
m5a_q26
whats the size of the longest document you wrote?
m5a_q27_1
Measured sizes weights or distances?
m5a_q27_2
Calculated prices or costs?
m5a_q27_3
Use or calculate fractions?
m5a_q27_4
Performed any multiplication or division?
m5a_q27_5
Used more advanced math?
m5a_q27_6
Other specification
m5a_q27_6_ot_code1
Q27_6: Other code1
m5a_q27_6_ot_text1
Q27: OTHER MATHS SPECIFY ___________________________
m5a_q27_6_2
Q27_6: Other2
m5a_q27_6_ot_code2
Q27_6: Other code2
m5a_q27_6_ot_text2
Q27_6; OTHER (SPECIFY_________________________)
m5a_q28
Has a lack of reading a writing [official language] kept you from doing somethin
m5b_q01
Respondent work in the last 7 days or 12 months?
m5b_q01_occ_code
Q1: Occupation code
m5b_q01_text
Q1_1: Write the occupation
m5b_q02
Lifted anything that weighed more than 50 pounds at work?
m5b_q03
Rate-work is physically demanding or not
m5b_q04
Contact with people non-coworkers?
m5b_q05
Time involved with customer
m5b_q06
Drive a car, truck or three wheeler?
m5b_q07
Repair electronic equipment?
m5b_q08
Operate or work with heavy machines?
m5b_q09
Tasks that involve 30 or more minutes of thinking?
m5b_q10
Make formal presentations?
m5b_q11
Direct and check the work of other workers
m5b_q12
Freedom to decide in which way you work
m5b_q13_1
Did you regularly use phone?
m5b_q13_2
Did you regularly use bar code reader?
m5b_q14
How often the work had repetitive tasks?
m5b_q15
How often does (did) this work involve learning new things?
m5b_q16
Do you use a computer at work??
m5b_q17
How often do you use computer at work?
m5b_q18_1
Did your job require to use email?
m5b_q18_2
Did your job require to search info on the internet?
m5b_q18_3
Did your job require data entry?
m5b_q18_4
Did your job require word processing?
m5b_q18_5
Did your job require the use of spreadsheets?
m5b_q18_6
Did your job require the use of databases?
m5b_q19
Does your work need software packs, design of websites or programming?
m5b_q20_1
Does your work require the use of macros and complex equations?
m5b_q20_2
Does your work require the use of accounting or financial software?
m5b_q20_3
Does your work require the use of presentation or graphics software?
m5b_q20_4
Does your work require the use of designing websites?
m5b_q20_5
Does your work require the use of CAD software?
m5b_q20_6
Does your work require the use of Statistical or other type of analysis?
m5b_q20_7
Does your work require the use of software programming?
m5b_q20_8
Does your work require the use of managing computer networks?
m5b_q20_9_1
Other, specify
m5b_q20_9_ot_code1
Q20_9: Other code1
m5b_q20_9_ot_text1
Q20_9: OTHER (SPECIFY)
m5b_q20_9_2
Other, specify
m5b_q20_9_ot_code2
Q20_9:Other code2
m5b_q20_9_ot_text2
Q20_9: OTHER (SPECIFY_________________________)
m5b_q21
How useful were your studies for this work?
m5b_q22
The minimum level you think is required to do this job
m5b_q22_other
Q22: Other
m5b_q23
Years of work experience to carry this work with q22
m5b_q24
Time to learn to do this work with q22 and q23
m5b_q25
On a normal day you use communication devices?
m5b_q26
Do you use text messages?
m5b_q27_1
Do you drive a car or other vehicle?
m5b_q27_2
Do you perfom routine maintenance on vehicles?
m5b_q27_3
Do you use a sewing machine?
m5b_q28
Have you used a computer in the past 3 months?
m5b_q29
How often have you used a computer outside or work?
m5b_q30
Has a lack of computer skills kept you from getting a job?
m5b_q31_1
When looking for job, find out about job vacancies
m5b_q31_2
When looking for job, ability to prepare your resume
m5b_q31_3
When looking for job, fill out job applications
m5b_q31_4
When looking for job, have good references
m5b_q31_5
When looking for job,ability to perform well on interview
m5b_q31_6
When looking for job, adequate education and califications
m5b_q31_7
When looking for job, the necessary work experience
m5b_q31_8
When looking for job, a way to certify your education or qualifications
m5b_q31_9
When looking for job,the means to start your business
m5b_q31_10_1
Q31_10: Other1
m5b_q31_10_ot_code1
Q31_10: Other code1
m5b_q31_10_ot_text1
Q31_10: OTHER (SPECIFY)
m5b_q31_10_2
Q31_10: Other2
m5b_q31_10_ot_code2
Q31_10: Other code2
m5b_q31_10_ot_text2
Q31_10: OTHER (SPECIFY__________________)
m5b_q32
Applied for a job in the past 5 years
m5b_q33
When applying for job, employer asked to certify education or experience
m5b_q34_1
Proof of degree from educational institute.
Total: 1258
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