Informal Sector Business Survey 2019

Lao PDR, 2019

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Reference ID

LAO_2019_ISBS_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/qhms-9x83

Producer(s)

World Bank Group (WBG)

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys

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Jan 09, 2020

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Occupation of owner(s) prior to this business or activity (b8a)

Data file: laoinformal_2019_full_data_long_form

Overview

Valid: 361

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 149

End: 150

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

B.8a What was [owner]’s occupation prior to this business or activity?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	0	0%
1	Employed in the same type of business or activity	40	11.1%
2	Employed in a different type of business or activity	110	30.5%
3	Self-employed in a different type of business or activity	44	12.2%
4	Self-employed in the same type of business or activity	55	15.2%
5	Unemployed	74	20.5%
6	Other (e.g., housewife, student, etc.)	38	10.5%

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.

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