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Labour Force Survey 2018

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UB5 OTHER (ub5_other)

Data file: LFS_Final

Overview

Valid: 1860
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 926
End: 950
Width: 25
Range: -
Format: character

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Literal question
What was the main reason for failing to secure work during this period?
Categories
Value Category Cases
7farming\n 1
0.1%
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES 11
0.6%
APPERENTICE 1
0.1%
APPRENTICESHIP 3
0.2%
ARABIC SCHOOL 1
0.1%
ARABIC STUDENT 1
0.1%
Aged.\n 1
0.1%
Agricultural activities 8
0.4%
Agricultural season 1
0.1%
Agricutural activities 1
0.1%
Arabic student 1
0.1%
BUILDING OF HIS HOUSE 1
0.1%
Busy at the farm 2
0.1%
Busy at the rice field 2
0.1%
Busy with Farming activit 1
0.1%
Busy with farm and alkolo 1
0.1%
Busy with farming 3
0.2%
Busy with farming and hou 1
0.1%
Busy with rice field and 1
0.1%
CANNOT WORK ALL YEAR 1
0.1%
CARING HER FAMILY 1
0.1%
DIDNT LOOK FOR JOB 3
0.2%
DIGGING OF GUWWEY 1
0.1%
DONT LOOK FOR JOB\n 1
0.1%
Digging of nguwehh 1
0.1%
END OF CONTRACT 1
0.1%
Engaged in GARDENING 2
0.1%
Engaged in farming 1
0.1%
Engaged in farming activi 3
0.2%
FAMER 2
0.1%
FAMILY REASON 1
0.1%
FARM PRODUCE 4
0.2%
FARMING 8
0.4%
Famer 2
0.1%
Famer\n 2
0.1%
Family reason. 1
0.1%
Faming 2
0.1%
Farm work 1
0.1%
Farmer 1
0.1%
Farming 59
3.2%
Farming is my job 1
0.1%
Farming\n\n\n 1
0.1%
From daara, now farming 1
0.1%
GARDENING 6
0.3%
GARDENING PURPOSE 2
0.1%
GOES TO THE FARO\n 1
0.1%
Gardening 33
1.8%
Gardening PURPOSE 1
0.1%
Gardening/ Rice cultivati 1
0.1%
Going to Arabic school 1
0.1%
Going to Arabic school \n 1
0.1%
HANDICAPPED 1
0.1%
HARVEST FROM FARM 1
0.1%
HELPING PARENTS 1
0.1%
He does cattle trading 1
0.1%
He feels like not to work 1
0.1%
He has never work before 1
0.1%
He isa student 1
0.1%
He was schooling 1
0.1%
He's not well. 1
0.1%
Housewife 3
0.2%
Housewife.\n 1
0.1%
Housewife\n 2
0.1%
I DIDN'T FIND FOR WORK BE 1
0.1%
I DIDN'T FIND FOR WORK, N 1
0.1%
I help my husband on the 2
0.1%
I sork at a bar and its c 1
0.1%
I was sick". 1
0.1%
I work on my husband's f 1
0.1%
Just completed school 1
0.1%
Just graduated from G12 1
0.1%
LACK OF EDUCATION 1
0.1%
NO JOBS AVAILABLE IN MY A 1
0.1%
OLD\n 1
0.1%
Old 2
0.1%
Old age group 1
0.1%
Old too work 1
0.1%
Parents did not want her 1
0.1%
Poor result 1
0.1%
RICE CULTIVATION 1
0.1%
Rice cultivation 1
0.1%
SEASONAL CHANGE 1
0.1%
SHE GOES TO THE FARM 1
0.1%
SICK CHILD 1
0.1%
STUDENT 4
0.2%
Shop keeper in Senegal\n 1
0.1%
Sickness and Mentall 1
0.1%
Still going to school 1
0.1%
Student 6
0.3%
Student. 1
0.1%
Subsistence farmer/garden 1
0.1%
The employer has lot of 1
0.1%
Waiing for respond from e 1
0.1%
Wants to work on his own. 1
0.1%
Was schooling \n 1
0.1%
Working on his own farm 1
0.1%
\n\n 1
0.1%
\ndont want to work 1
0.1%
a farmer 1
0.1%
a housewife with househol 1
0.1%
agricultural activities 1
0.1%
agricultural season 1
0.1%
also working on the farms 1
0.1%
apprenticeship 2
0.1%
arabic student 1
0.1%
as above 1
0.1%
assist parent on other do 1
0.1%
bakes bread 1
0.1%
because i have no skills 2
0.1%
because of illness. 1
0.1%
business lost in capital 1
0.1%
busy at farm land 1
0.1%
busy at the (faroo) 2
0.1%
busy at the farm 8
0.4%
busy at the farm and hous 1
0.1%
busy at the farm and rice 1
0.1%
busy at the farm land 1
0.1%
busy at the rice field 8
0.4%
busy at the rice field fa 1
0.1%
busy at the rice field or 1
0.1%
busy at the rice field/fa 1
0.1%
busy season 1
0.1%
busy the with rice filed 1
0.1%
busy with (faro) work 1
0.1%
busy with at the farm 1
0.1%
busy with farm work 2
0.1%
busy with farming 3
0.2%
busy with farming and hou 1
0.1%
busy with farming and ric 1
0.1%
busy with gardening and h 1
0.1%
busy with gerdening 1
0.1%
busy with house duties an 2
0.1%
busy with household dutie 6
0.3%
busy with househood dutie 1
0.1%
busy with the rice field 2
0.1%
busy working on the farms 1
0.1%
came here not long ago 1
0.1%
cannot do it 1
0.1%
cannot do more work now 1
0.1%
cannot do more work\n 1
0.1%
cant talk 1
0.1%
contract finished 2
0.1%
darra quran 12
0.6%
digging for GUWEHH\n 1
0.1%
digging of Nguwehh 1
0.1%
do not look for job 1
0.1%
do not want to work 5
0.3%
does only farming 1
0.1%
domestic work 2
0.1%
dont go to school 2
0.1%
dont want to work 4
0.2%
education 3
0.2%
education/ farming 1
0.1%
engaged at the rice field 1
0.1%
engaged in Faro Activitie 6
0.3%
engaged in farming activi 4
0.2%
engaging at the rice fiel 1
0.1%
engaging with farming 1
0.1%
fafarmer 1
0.1%
famer 6
0.3%
family care 1
0.1%
family reason 4
0.2%
family reason(to boost pr 1
0.1%
family reason\n 1
0.1%
family reasons 3
0.2%
family reson 1
0.1%
family reson\n 1
0.1%
family responsibilities 1
0.1%
faming 10
0.5%
faming only 1
0.1%
far,ing 1
0.1%
farer 1
0.1%
farm work 1
0.1%
farmer 74
4%
farmer\n 1
0.1%
farmig 3
0.2%
farmiing 1
0.1%
farmily 3
0.2%
farmimg 1
0.1%
farmin 4
0.2%
farming 585
31.5%
farming & gardening 1
0.1%
farming & homemaker 1
0.1%
farming \n 1
0.1%
farming and gardening 1
0.1%
farming and housewife 1
0.1%
farming mainly 2
0.1%
farming only 36
1.9%
farming only\n 1
0.1%
farming only\n\n 1
0.1%
farming season 3
0.2%
farming that all he do 1
0.1%
farming/ cattle rearing 1
0.1%
farming/gardening 2
0.1%
farming/housewife 1
0.1%
farming\n 21
1.1%
farming\n\n 10
0.5%
farming\n\n\n 2
0.1%
farmingfarming 1
0.1%
farminh 1
0.1%
farminng 1
0.1%
farmming 2
0.1%
farmng 1
0.1%
farmng only 1
0.1%
farner 1
0.1%
fatming 1
0.1%
ffarmer 1
0.1%
fishing 2
0.1%
frming 1
0.1%
frming\n 1
0.1%
from farm proceed 1
0.1%
from her farming 1
0.1%
from hi farming 1
0.1%
from his farming 1
0.1%
gardener 2
0.1%
gardening 29
1.6%
gardening purpose 1
0.1%
gardening/farming 1
0.1%
gardening\n 3
0.2%
gave birth a year ago 1
0.1%
goes to school 2
0.1%
going around to find job 1
0.1%
going to Arabic school 3
0.2%
going to school 1
0.1%
handicaped 1
0.1%
has no other job than far 1
0.1%
he didn't find a work bec 1
0.1%
he doesnt want to work. 1
0.1%
he his a farmer 1
0.1%
he is a farmer 2
0.1%
he is a student 1
0.1%
he is a talibeh 1
0.1%
he is doing apprentice jo 1
0.1%
he is into farming 1
0.1%
he is not feeling well, b 1
0.1%
he is old now 1
0.1%
he is unpaid farmer 1
0.1%
he was sarahule translate 1
0.1%
he was waiting for the m 1
0.1%
health condition 1
0.1%
health issue 1
0.1%
heis a farmer 1
0.1%
holidays 1
0.1%
house duty 1
0.1%
house wife 171
9.2%
house wife duties 1
0.1%
house wife\n 2
0.1%
household duties 1
0.1%
household responsibilitie 1
0.1%
housewife 25
1.3%
housewife\n 3
0.2%
houswife" 1
0.1%
i am a household wife, i 1
0.1%
i am a student 1
0.1%
i am a student going to s 1
0.1%
i am in retirement 1
0.1%
i am sick 1
0.1%
i am still a student 1
0.1%
i am still going to schoo 1
0.1%
i am still working as sec 1
0.1%
i did not find for work 1
0.1%
i didn't find a work, cur 1
0.1%
i do not look for a job, 1
0.1%
i don't even look for a w 2
0.1%
i don't know, i tried to 1
0.1%
i dont want to work for a 1
0.1%
i have no interest in wor 1
0.1%
i left the job to because 1
0.1%
i only have my small gard 1
0.1%
i only work in my rice fi 1
0.1%
i only work on my rice fi 1
0.1%
i told you earlier i don' 1
0.1%
ia s house wife 1
0.1%
illness 4
0.2%
illness\n 1
0.1%
immediate illness after s 1
0.1%
in dara 2
0.1%
in retiedment 1
0.1%
in school 3
0.2%
invisibe. she is married. 1
0.1%
invisible. she works on f 1
0.1%
invisible.\n 1
0.1%
is a hous wife 1
0.1%
is a house wife 1
0.1%
is going to school 2
0.1%
is staying overseas 1
0.1%
is working on the farms 1
0.1%
just busy with family iss 1
0.1%
just completed schooling 1
0.1%
just finish learnig quran 1
0.1%
just finish learning qura 1
0.1%
just graduate 1
0.1%
lack of education 12
0.6%
lack of education\n 3
0.2%
lack of eduction 1
0.1%
lack ofeducation 1
0.1%
larning 1
0.1%
larning" 3
0.2%
leaning quran 1
0.1%
learning 9
0.5%
learning quran 10
0.5%
learning quran\n 1
0.1%
loack of education 1
0.1%
loves farming 1
0.1%
low pay 1
0.1%
low saeson 1
0.1%
low season 1
0.1%
mainly a farmer 3
0.2%
mainly farmer 1
0.1%
mainly farming 4
0.2%
mainly on farming 1
0.1%
marabou 1
0.1%
marabout 1
0.1%
mariage 8
0.4%
marriage 2
0.1%
married 3
0.2%
married\n 1
0.1%
married\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 1
0.1%
masonary 1
0.1%
mäinly farmer 1
0.1%
mäinly farming 1
0.1%
newly married 1
0.1%
no education 1
0.1%
no idea why 1
0.1%
no skils work\n only farm 1
0.1%
no working facilities 1
0.1%
none of the above 1
0.1%
not strong enough to do j 1
0.1%
not well 2
0.1%
nothing 2
0.1%
old 1
0.1%
old age 1
0.1%
old age 21
1.1%
old age do not want to wo 1
0.1%
old man 1
0.1%
old man now 1
0.1%
old now 2
0.1%
old to work 1
0.1%
old woman 4
0.2%
old woman\n 1
0.1%
oldage 1
0.1%
on farming 1
0.1%
on holidays 2
0.1%
only a farmer 3
0.2%
only farmig 1
0.1%
only farming 23
1.2%
only waiting for raining 1
0.1%
only works on the farms 1
0.1%
other household task 1
0.1%
owns a shop 1
0.1%
personal reason 1
0.1%
prefer farming 1
0.1%
prefers farming 5
0.3%
quaranic education 1
0.1%
quranic education 2
0.1%
quranic teacher 1
0.1%
raining season 1
0.1%
raining season i work on 1
0.1%
rainring 1
0.1%
rainy season 1
0.1%
rearing cattle 2
0.1%
restricted by family 1
0.1%
retired 1
0.1%
ricefield 1
0.1%
salary they are willing t 1
0.1%
school going but stop due 1
0.1%
schooling 1
0.1%
season 1
0.1%
seasonal change 1
0.1%
seasonal nature 1
0.1%
security reasons 1
0.1%
selling fish 1
0.1%
serving as badge messenge 1
0.1%
she farm because her co-w 1
0.1%
she is a farmer 2
0.1%
she is agardener 1
0.1%
she is attending school 2
0.1%
she is old 1
0.1%
she is too old 1
0.1%
she is very old. 1
0.1%
she just graduated 1
0.1%
sick 4
0.2%
sickness 2
0.1%
stay at home granny 1
0.1%
still finding 1
0.1%
still going to school 1
0.1%
still going to school\n 1
0.1%
still in school 1
0.1%
still learning quran 3
0.2%
still waiting for employ 1
0.1%
student 46
2.5%
student\n 4
0.2%
student\n\n\n 1
0.1%
supporting my father on 1
0.1%
teaching quran 4
0.2%
teaching the quran 1
0.1%
time 1
0.1%
to help family 1
0.1%
too hard\n 1
0.1%
too old 13
0.7%
too old to work 4
0.2%
too young 16
0.9%
too young and lack of edu 1
0.1%
training 3
0.2%
travel\n 1
0.1%
unpaid farmer on husband' 1
0.1%
unpaid worker on father's 3
0.2%
unpaid worker on househol 2
0.1%
unpaid worker on husband' 1
0.1%
waiting for busy season 2
0.1%
waiting for busy season\n 1
0.1%
waiting for respondent 1
0.1%
waiting for result 2
0.1%
want to start business 1
0.1%
want to travel 1
0.1%
wants to farm 1
0.1%
was born farming 1
0.1%
was on exams 1
0.1%
was sick 1
0.1%
wating for busy season 1
0.1%
when his dad died that's 1
0.1%
workin on farm 1
0.1%
working on family farm 1
0.1%
working on farm 9
0.5%
working on farm\n 5
0.3%
working on my farm 7
0.4%
working on my farm\n 1
0.1%
working on myfarm 1
0.1%
working on the farm 2
0.1%
working on the farms 1
0.1%
workingon farm 1
0.1%
workingon\nfarm\n 1
0.1%
workinh on farm 1
0.1%
works as house wife 1
0.1%
works on spouse carm 1
0.1%
works only on the farms 1
0.1%
young 1
0.1%
young to find work 1
0.1%
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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