STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012 (Wave 1)
Sri Lanka, 2012
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Reference ID
LKA_2012_STEP-HH_v02_M
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Why did you stop this wage job? (m4c_q15)
Data file: STEP Sri_Lanka_working
Overview
Valid:
283
Invalid:
2706
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
2170
End:
2171
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Module 4: Employment
Part C: Main Job in Past Week
Q15. Why did you stop this wage job?
Part C: Main Job in Past Week
Q15. Why did you stop this wage job?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | you was fired | 8 |
2.8%
|
| 2 | enterprise you worked for closed | 23 |
8.1%
|
| 3 | wanted to start own business/ own economic activity | 89 |
31.4%
|
| 4 | low wage/bad working conditions | 27 |
9.5%
|
| 5 | retired | 21 |
7.4%
|
| 6 | you moved to another area | 10 |
3.5%
|
| 7 | end of contract | 13 |
4.6%
|
| 8 | family, health, personal reasons | 89 |
31.4%
|
| 9 | employer reduced work hours | 1 |
0.4%
|
| 10 | to continue education | 1 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | other (specify) | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Gone abroad | 1 |
0.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 2706 |
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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