STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012 (Wave 1)

Lao PDR, 2012

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LAO_2012_STEP-HH_v02_M

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Main reason did not look for job (m4a_q09)

Data file: STEP Laos_working

Overview

Valid: 396

Invalid: 2449

Maximum: 14

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 478

End: 479

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	STUDENT/ PUPIL
2	HOUSEWIFE/ CARING FOR CHILDREN
3	IN RETIREMENT
4	OLD AGE
5	ILL/ HANDICAPPED
7	DO NOT WANT TO WORK
8	HAVE ALREADY FOUND A JOB WHICH WILL START LATER
9	AWAITING RESPONSE FROM EMPLOYER
10	AWAITING RECALL BY EMPLOYER
11	WAITING FOR BUSY SEASON
12	BELIEVE I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHANCE TO GET A JOB
13	THERE ARE NO JOBS
14	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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