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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Job lasting two or more weeks? (Q30)

Data file: LF1998-Final Dataset

Overview

Valid: 553

Invalid: 59710

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Mean: 3.145

Standard deviation: 1.326

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 136

End: 136

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

When was the last time S(He) had a job lasting two or more weeks?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Within the past three months	97	17.5%
2	3 - less than 7 months	95	17.2%
3	7 - less than 12 months	57	10.3%
4	1 - less than 5 years	239	43.2%
5	5 yeras and over	65	11.8%

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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