STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012 (Wave 1)

Lao PDR, 2012

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Reference ID

LAO_2012_STEP-HH_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/vya4-1g50

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World Bank

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The STEP Skills Measurement Program

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Why did you stop wage job? (m4a_q28)

Data file: STEP Laos_working

Overview

Valid: 27

Invalid: 2818

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 546

End: 547

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 11

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Module 4: Employment, Part A: Labor Force Participation

28) What was the main reason you stopped this wage job?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	YOU WERE FIRED	1	3.7%
2	ENTERPRISE YOU WORKED FOR CLOSED	3	11.1%
3	WANTED TO START OWN BUSINESS/ OWN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY	6	22.2%
4	LOW WAGE/BAD WORKING CONDITIONS	1	3.7%
5	RETIRED/ TOO OLD	1	3.7%
6	YOU MOVED TO ANOTHER AREA	1	3.7%
7	END OF CONTRACT	0	0%
8	FAMILY, HEALTH, PERSONAL REASONS	14	51.9%
9	EMPLOYER REDUCED WORK HOURS	0	0%
10	TO CONTINUE EDUCATION	0	0%
11	OTHER (SPECIFY)	0	0%
Sysmiss		2818

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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