STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2013 (Wave 2)

Ghana, 2013

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GHA_2013_STEP-HH_v02_M

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World Bank

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Sep 05, 2014

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Main reason did not look for job (m4a_q09)

Data file: STEP Ghana_working

Overview

Valid: 636

Invalid: 2351

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 973

End: 974

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Module 4: Employment, Part A: Labor Force Participation

9) What is the main reason you did not look for work in the past 4 weeks? (MOST IMPORTANT REASON)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Studying / in school
2	Apprenticeship
3	Housewife
4	In retirement
5	Old age
6	Ill / handicapped
7	National service
8	Do not want to work
9	Have already found a job which will start later
10	Awaiting response from employer
11	Awaiting recall by employer
12	Waiting for busy season
13	Believe I do not have any chance to get a job
14	There are no jobs
15	Other, specify
Sysmiss

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.

Question post text

If "STUDENT/PUPIL" or "HOUSEWIFE" or "IN RETIREMENT" or "OLD AGE" or "ILL/HANDICAPPED" or "IN COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE" or "DO NOT WANT TO WORK", GOTO Q16

If "AWAITING RECALL BY EMPLOYER" or "WAITING FOR BUSY SEASON" or "BELIEVE I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHANCE TO GET A JOB" or "THERE ARE NO JOBS" or "OTHER (SPECIFY)", GOTO Q13

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