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STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012 (Wave 1)

Sri Lanka, 2012
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LKA_2012_STEP-HH_v02_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/3x2b-wv98
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The STEP Skills Measurement Program
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Jun 30, 2014
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Did lack of writting skills in [official language] give you trouble? (m5a_q20)

Data file: STEP Sri_Lanka_working

Overview

Valid: 1720
Invalid: 1269
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2474
End: 2474
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Module 5: Work Skills
Part A: Self Reported Literacy/Numeracy

Q20. Has a lack of reading and writing skills in [Official language] ever kept you from getting a job, a promotion, or a pay rise, or held you back from advancing your business/ your own account activity?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 yes 190
11%
2 no 1467
85.3%
9 don't know 63
3.7%
Sysmiss 1269
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
>>Module 5B, pg38
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