Labour Force Survey - 1998

Sri Lanka, 1998

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LKA-DCS-LFS-1998-v1.0

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Department of Census and Statistics

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Why not seeking employment? (Q28)

Data file: LF1998-Final Dataset

Overview

Valid: 243

Invalid: 60020

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 6

Mean: 2.453

Standard deviation: 1.903

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	114	46.9%
2	Believes no suitable work available	52	21.4%
3	Has no skills or training	28	11.5%
4	Engaged in housework	0	0%
6	Other	49	20.2%

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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