STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012 (Wave 1)

Sri Lanka, 2012

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LKA_2012_STEP-HH_v02_M

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World Bank

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Main reason did not look for job (m4a_q09)

Data file: STEP Sri_Lanka_working

Overview

Valid: 1221

Invalid: 1768

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1102

End: 1103

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Module 4: Employment
Part A: Labor Force Participation

Q9. What is the main reason you did not look for work in the past 4 weeks? (Most important reason)

Categories

Value	Category
1	student/pupil
2	housewife
3	in retirement
4	old age
5	ill/handicapped
7	do not want to work
8	have already found a job which will start later
9	awaiting response from employer
10	awaiting recall by employer
11	waiting for busy season
12	believe i do not have any chance to get a job
13	there are no jobs
14	other (specify)
15	Getting pregnant
16	Because of personal reasons
17	Don’t have the necessary tools
Sysmiss

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.

Question post text

Student/pupil 1 >>Q16
Housewife 2 >>Q16
In retirement 3 >>Q16
Old age 4 >>Q16
Ill/handicapped 5 >>Q16
In compulsory military service 6 >>Q16
Do not want to work 7 >>Q16
Awaiting recall by employer 10 >>Q13
Waiting for busy season 11 >>Q13
Believe i do not have any chance to get a job 12 >>Q13
There are no jobs 13 >>Q13
Other (specify) 14 >>Q13

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