Microenterprise Survey 2005-2010, Licensed Use File

Sri Lanka, 2005 - 2010

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LKA_2005_SLMS_v01_M_v01_A_LUF

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Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff

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Impact Evaluation Surveys

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What was the main reason you did not work at least one hour last week? (bn3)

Data file: SLMSround2

Overview

Valid: 2

Invalid: 606

Minimum: 7

Maximum: 7

Mean: 7

Standard deviation: -

Type: Discrete

Start: 118

End: 118

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	Vacation or break
2	Sickness
3	End of work or sale season
4	Arragement related to business, personal life, or problems with authorities
5	Lack of money or customers
6	Lack or malfunction of vehicles or machinery
7	Other
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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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