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Labour Force Survey 2008

Namibia, 2008
Reference ID
NAM_2008_LFS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
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Preferred to work more hours (preferredtoworkmorehours)

Data file: 2008 NLFS DATA SET Labeled

Overview

Valid: 9305
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 135
End: 135
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Would you have preferred to work for more hours during the last 7 days?
Categories
Value Category
1 at present job
2 other jobs in addition to present job
3 other jobs with more hours to replace the present job
4 no
7 not recorded
8 not applicable
9
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.
Interviewer instructions
The purpose of this question is to find out whether the respondent was willing to work more hours during the reference period. The information provided in this question would determine whether the person is under- employed or not.
If the answer is "yes" then the interviewer should ask where the respondent would like to work more hours (and circle the appropriate code).
1 at present job
2 other job in addition to the present job
3 other job with more hours to replace the present one
If the answer is no, then circle the code "4" and skip to column F21.
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