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STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012 (Wave 1)

Lao PDR, 2012
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Reference ID
LAO_2012_STEP-HH_v02_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/vya4-1g50
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The STEP Skills Measurement Program
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Jun 30, 2014
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    Laos_working

Main reason did not look for job (m4a_q09)

Data file: STEP Laos_working

Overview

Valid: 396
Invalid: 2449
Maximum: 14
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 478
End: 479
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 14
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Module 4: Employment, Part A: Labor Force Participation

9) What is the main reason you did not look for work in the past 4 weeks? (MOST IMPORTANT REASON)
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 STUDENT/ PUPIL 166
41.9%
2 HOUSEWIFE/ CARING FOR CHILDREN 119
30.1%
3 IN RETIREMENT 7
1.8%
4 OLD AGE 54
13.6%
5 ILL/ HANDICAPPED 30
7.6%
7 DO NOT WANT TO WORK 8
2%
8 HAVE ALREADY FOUND A JOB WHICH WILL START LATER 0
0%
9 AWAITING RESPONSE FROM EMPLOYER 1
0.3%
10 AWAITING RECALL BY EMPLOYER 0
0%
11 WAITING FOR BUSY SEASON 0
0%
12 BELIEVE I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHANCE TO GET A JOB 0
0%
13 THERE ARE NO JOBS 7
1.8%
14 OTHER (SPECIFY) 4
1%
Sysmiss 2449
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
If "STUDENT/PUPIL" or "HOUSEWIFE" or "IN RETIREMENT" or "OLD AGE" or "ILL/HANDICAPPED" or "IN COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE" or "DO NOT WANT TO WORK", GOTO Q16

If "AWAITING RECALL BY EMPLOYER" or "WAITING FOR BUSY SEASON" or "BELIEVE I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHANCE TO GET A JOB" or "THERE ARE NO JOBS" or "OTHER (SPECIFY)", GOTO Q13
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