Labour Force Survey - 1998
Sri Lanka, 1998
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Reference ID
LKA-DCS-LFS-1998-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics
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LF1998-Final
Dataset
Working less than usual hours? (Q16)
Data file: LF1998-Final Dataset
Overview
Valid:
5910
Invalid:
54353
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Mean:
5.277
Standard deviation:
2.698
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
98
End:
98
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strike | 705 |
11.9%
|
| 2 | Holiday - Vacation or leave | 38 |
0.6%
|
| 3 | Reduction in economic activity | 1179 |
19.9%
|
| 4 | Off season in activity | 550 |
9.3%
|
| 5 | Bad weather | 791 |
13.4%
|
| 6 | Mechanical or electricity failure | 993 |
16.8%
|
| 7 | Short of raw material or fuel | 19 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | Other reason | 94 |
1.6%
|
| 9 | 9 | 1541 |
26.1%
|
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.