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

Producer(s)

World Bank

Collection(s)

The STEP Skills Measurement Program

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Jun 30, 2014

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How useful were your studies for this work? (m5b_q21)

Data file: STEP Laos_working

Overview

Valid: 2470

Invalid: 375

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 921

End: 921

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Module 5: Employment, Part B: Skills at Work

21) The next questions are about education, work experience and training. Please continue to think only about [OCCUPATION ]

How useful were your studies during your formal education for this work?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	NOT USEFUL AT ALL	322	13%
2	SOMEWHAT USEFUL	487	19.7%
3	MODERATELY USEFUL	609	24.7%
4	VERY USEFUL	877	35.5%
5	RESPONDENT HAD NO FORMAL SCHOOLING	175	7.1%
Sysmiss		375

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

INTERVIEWER: SHOW CARD #5 . MAKE SURE THAT RESPONDENT UNDERSTANDS THE MEANING OF THE SCALE IN SHOW CARD #5.

READ DESCRIPTION TO RESPONDENT. HAVE RESPONDENT POINT TO THEIR ANSWER ON CARD #5. CIRCLE THE INDICATED RESPONSE IN CELLS BELOW.
IF THE RESPONDENT DOES NOT ANSWER A QUESTION, LEAVE IT UNTIL THE END AND THEN COME BACK AND TRY AGAIN. IF FINALLY THE QUESTION IS NOT ANSWERED, MARK A LINE ACROSS ALL 4 ANSWER BLOCKS ON THAT LINE.
IF RESPONDENT ASKS FOR EXPLANATION OR EXAMPLES, SAY "I'm not supposed to try to explain these statements. Just think what the statement means to you."

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