Aging Survey 2006
Sri Lanka, 2006
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Reference ID
LKA_2006_AS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Human Development Unit - South Asia Region
Metadata
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Jun 27, 2017
Last modified
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Secondary source (q3_210b1)
Data file: Older Adult1
Overview
Valid:
957
Invalid:
1456
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
95
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
197
End:
198
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 95
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pension | 6 |
0.6%
|
| 2 | WNOP (Widowed & Off niche Payment) | 9 |
0.9%
|
| 3 | Income from property (houses, lands etc) | 25 |
2.6%
|
| 4 | Bank interest | 31 |
3.2%
|
| 5 | Income from Financial investments/ private pension schemes | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 6 | Business/Agricultural activity | 72 |
7.5%
|
| 7 | Assistance from children | 231 |
24.1%
|
| 8 | Assistance from relatives | 30 |
3.1%
|
| 9 | Assistance from Public | 6 |
0.6%
|
| 10 | Assistance from NGOs | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 11 | Assistance from government (e.g., Samurdhi, Social Security Allowance) | 108 |
11.3%
|
| 12 | Other --- (specify) ________________________ | 41 |
4.3%
|
| 13 | Don’t know/ Can't Say | 163 |
17%
|
| 95 | 231 |
24.1%
|
|
| Sysmiss | 1456 |
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.