Labor Force Survey 2014
Sierra Leone, 2014
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SLE_2014_LFS_v01_M
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D.7. What action did you take to find work? (D_7)
Data file: merged A to J de-ID
Overview
Valid:
504
Invalid:
25141
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
430
End:
430
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What action did you take to find work?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered at a public or private employment exchange | 11 |
2.2%
|
| 2 | Applied to current or other employers | 91 |
18.1%
|
| 3 | Checked at current or other work sites, farms, factory gates, markets, or other assembly places | 116 |
23%
|
| 4 | Placed or answered newspaper advertisements | 25 |
5%
|
| 5 | Sought assistance of friends or relatives | 232 |
46%
|
| 6 | Looked for land, building, machinery or equipment to establish or improve his/her own enterprise | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 7 | Arrange for additional or initial financial resources | 22 |
4.4%
|
| 8 | Apply for permit | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Other steps | 5 |
1%
|
| Sysmiss | 25141 |
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.