Employee Survey 2007

Malaysia, 2007

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MYS_2007_Emp_v01_M_WB

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World Bank, Economic Planning Unit and Department of Statistics, Prime Minister's Department, Malaysia

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Data file: Malaysia-2007-Employees-mnf data-

The file contains the cleaned, raw database. Text of questions can be found in "Manufacturing Sector Employee Questionnaire" in "Questionnaires" folder.

Cases:	10615
Variables:	93

Variables

idstd

WEB STD FIRMID

dummykey

Establishment ID

Line No.

Sex

Age

Marital status

Malaysian citizenship

w5y

Ethnicity

w5na

Country of origin

w5nb

Year of immigration

w6a

City of residence

w6a1

State of residence

w6b

Distance to workplace (km)

Commuting time to work (min)

Highest level of formal education attained

No. of years of formal education completed

w10

Year of leaving the formal education system

w11

Completed professional Certification Program/Skills training

w11y

Length of taking programs (months)

w12a

Three lacking skills (1st)

w12b

Three lacking skills (2nd)

w12c

Three lacking skills (3rd)

w12_1

Skill lack: English language proficiency

w12_2

Skill lack: Professional Communication skills

w12_3

Skill lack: Social skills

w12_4

Skill lack: Teamworking skills

w12_5

Skill lack: Leadership skills

w12_6

Skill lack: Time Management skills

w12_7

Skill lack: Adaptability skills

w12_8

Skill lack: Creativity/innovation skills

w12_9

Skill lack: Numerical skills

w12_10

Skill lack: Problem solving skills

w12_11

Skill lack: IT skills

w12_12

Skill lack: Technical/professional skills

w13

Studied abroad

w13na

Level of Malaysian education system that should have provided lacking skills

w14

Importance of dealing people

w15

Importance of analyzing complex problems/planning the activities of others

w16

Importance of calling for others

w17

Importance of using a computer

w18

Agrees with the statement 'your current job offers you sufficient scope to use y

w18b

Agrees with the statement 'you would perform better in your current job if you p

w19

Having the necessary skills to adapt to the changing needs of the labor market

w19n

Knowing any training institution where these skills could be acquired

w20

Currently enrolled in any after work leaning program

w20ya

Partially or totally government financed

w20yb

Name of program

w21

Year of taking up first permanent job

w22

Kind of permanent job

w23

Starting monthly salary for the first perm. job (RM)

w24

No. of times you changed employers since the first perm. job

w25

Have been employed in the public sector

w25ya

Year of last employment in the public sector

w26yb

Length of working in the public sector (year)

w27

Have ever been unemployed

w27ya

Year of the last unemployment

w27yb

Length of the last unemployment (month)

w27yc

Total length of unemployment (month)

w28

Have ever been self-employed

w28ya

Year of the last self-employment

w28yb

Length of selfemployment since leaving school

w29

A member of a trade union

w29y

Lenth of being a member of trade union (year)

w30

Length of working for this establishment

w31

Kind of work when started here

w32

Kind of work now

w32b

The most appropriate level of education for the current work

w32c

The most appropriate field of education for the current work

w33

No. of average working hours during a week now

w34

No. of average working hours during a week when started job

w35

Received formal training since joined this firm

w35y

Content of training

w36

Received formal training at the previous employer

w37

Current monthly salary in 2007 (RM)

w38

Amount of all allowances and bonuses in 2006 (RM)

w39

Monthly salary in 2006 (RM)

w40

Monthly salary when started working (RM)

w41

Have any other source of income

w42

Amount of income from other sources (RM)

w43

Amount of monthly household income (RM)

w44

Size of household

w45

No. of household members working in a factory

w46

No. of household members who are less than 12 years old

w47

Level of sophistication in computer use

w48

Use a computer in daily work

w48y

No. of hours of working on a computer per week

w49

Own a personal computer at home

w50

Have a bank account

w50y

No. of banks to deal with

w51

Have ever done online banking transactions

w52

% of payment done with electronic/plastic payment cards

w53

Have ever bought or sold a goods through the internet

w53y

% of expenses conducted online

Total: 93

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