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Labour Force Survey - 2009

Sri Lanka, 2009
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LKA-DCS-LFS-2009-v1.0
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Department of Census and Statistics
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    on Labour Force
  • 2009-Question 7
    to 13
  • 2009-Question
    14 to 19
  • 2009-Question
    20 to 25
  • 2009-Question
    26 to 30
  • 2009-Question
    31 to 32
  • 2009-Question
    33 to 36
  • 2009-Question
    37 to 42
  • 2009-Question
    43 to 46
  • 2009-Question
    47 to 50

Reason for working few hours than usual? (Q20)

Data file: 2009-Question 20 to 25

Overview

Valid: 7804
Invalid: 19919
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 23
End: 23
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Off season / Bad weather 1383
17.7%
2 Temporary disorganization 418
5.4%
3 Could not find a work 1086
13.9%
4 Temporary lay-off 596
7.6%
5 Job started/end within refereance period 331
4.2%
6 temporary dismissed by employer 21
0.3%
7 Sick injury / personal 1327
17%
8 Leave/ holiday/vacation/educational leave or training 1588
20.3%
9 Other 1054
13.5%
Sysmiss 19919
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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