Labour Force Survey - 1997

Sri Lanka, 1997

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LKA-DCS-LFS-1997-v1.0

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Department of Census and Statistics

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Why not seeking employment? (Q28)

Data file: LF1997

Overview

Valid: 381

Invalid: 80193

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 134

End: 134

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Discouraged, not able to get a job	194	51.3%
2	Believes no suitable work available	48	12.7%
3	Has no skills or training	37	9.8%
4	Engaged in housework	1	0.3%
6	Other	98	25.9%

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.

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