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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Sep 16, 2026
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What did you do in the last four weeks to find a paid job/internship or business (s5eq21)
Data file: master_data
Overview
Valid:
28
Invalid:
2452
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
96
Mean:
39.785714285714
Type:
Discrete
Width:
0
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. APPLY TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS | 8 |
0.3%
|
| 2 | 2. PLACE OR ANSWER JOB ADVERTISEMENTS | 1 |
0%
|
| 3 | 3. STUDY OR READ JOB ADVERTISEMENTS | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | 4. REGISTER WITH (EMPLOYMENT CENTER) | 0 | |
| 5 | 5. REGISTER WITH PRIVATE RECRUITMENT OFFICES | 0 | |
| 6 | 6. TAKE A TEST OR INTERVIEW | 1 |
0%
|
| 7 | 7. SEEK HELP FROM RELATIVES, FRIENDS, OTHERS | 1 |
0%
|
| 8 | 8. CHECK AT FACTORIES, WORK SITES | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | 9. WAIT ON THE STREET TO BE RECRUITED | 0 | |
| 10 | 10. SEEK FINANCIAL HELP TO START A BUSINESS | 1 |
0%
|
| 11 | 11. LOOK FOR LAND, BUILDING, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS TO START A BUSINESS | 0 | |
| 12 | 12. APPLY FOR PERMIT OR LICENSE TO START A BUSINESS | 0 | |
| 96 | 96. OTHER (SPECIFY) | 11 |
0.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 2452 |
98.9%
|
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.