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STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2013 (Wave 2)

Kenya, 2013
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Reference ID
KEN_2013_STEP-HH_v02_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/wx6a-0097
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The STEP Skills Measurement Program
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Feb 13, 2015
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Main reason did not look for job (m4a_q09)

Data file: STEP Kenya_working

Overview

Valid: 880
Invalid: 3014
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1550
End: 1551
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 97
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 1. Student / Pupil 430
48.9%
2 2. Housewife 285
32.4%
3 3. In retirement 16
1.8%
4 4. Old age 3
0.3%
5 5. ill / handicapped 21
2.4%
6 6. In compulsory military service 0
0%
7 7. Do not want to work 19
2.2%
8 8. Have already found a job which will start later 0
0%
9 9. Awaiting response from employer 0
0%
10 10. Awaiting recall by employer 3
0.3%
11 11. Waiting for busy season 1
0.1%
12 12. Believe I do not have any chance to get a job 29
3.3%
13 13. There are no jobs 35
4%
97 97. Other 38
4.3%
Sysmiss 3014
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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