Methodological Innovations for Measuring Informality – A Survey Experiment on Labor Measurement 2022
El Salvador, 2022
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SLV_2022_SELM_v01_M
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Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Ivette Contreras
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What is the main reason you did not try to find a paid job or start a business (s4q33)
Data file: master_data
Overview
Valid:
408
Invalid:
2072
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
15
Type:
Discrete
Width:
0
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. WAITING FOR RESULTS OF A PREVIOUS SEARCH | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | 2. AWAITING RECALL FROM A PREVIOUS JOB | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 3 | 3. WAITING FOR THE SEASON TO START | 1 |
0%
|
| 4 | 4. WAITING TO START NEW JOB OR BUSINESS | 1 |
0%
|
| 5 | 5. TIRED OF LOOKING FOR JOBS, NO JOBS IN AREA | 15 |
0.6%
|
| 6 | 6. NO JOBS MATCHING SKILLS, LACKS EXPERIENCE | 19 |
0.8%
|
| 7 | 7. CONSIDERED TOO YOUNG/OLD BY EMPLOYERS | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | 8. IN STUDIES, TRAINING | 51 |
2.1%
|
| 9 | 9. FAMILY/HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES | 71 |
2.9%
|
| 10 | 10. IN AGRICULTURE/FISHING FOR FAMILY USE | 9 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | 11. OWN DISABILITY, INJURY, ILLNESS | 38 |
1.5%
|
| 12 | 12. RETIRED, PENSIONER | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 13 | 13. OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME | 7 |
0.3%
|
| 14 | 14. OLD AGE ("TOO OLD" | 5 |
0.2%
|
| 15 | 15. OTHER (SPECIFY) | 173 |
7%
|
| Sysmiss | 2072 |
83.5%
|
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.