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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

What were you doing before this job (m4c_q04)

Data file: STEP Laos_working

Overview

Valid: 2424
Invalid: 421
Maximum: 10
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 691
End: 692
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 10
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Module 4: Employment, Part C: Main and Secondary Job in Past Week

4) What is the main method you used to find this work as [MAIN OCCUPATION ]?What were you doing immediately before beginning this present work as [MAIN OCCUPATION ]?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 WORKING AS AN EMPLOYEE 589
24.3%
2 SELF-EMPLOYED/ OWN ACCOUNT ENTERPRISE 223
9.2%
3 ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR WORK 17
0.7%
4 STUDENT 674
27.8%
5 HOUSEWIFE/ HOUSEWORK 80
3.3%
6 AT HOME FOR PREGNANCY / MATERNITY 7
0.3%
7 ILL 4
0.2%
8 NOT WORKING AND NOT LOOKING FOR WORK 105
4.3%
9 UNPAID FAMILY WORKER 716
29.5%
10 OTHER (SPECIFY) 9
0.4%
Sysmiss 421
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.
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