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Labour Force and Economic Survey - 1985-1986

Sri Lanka, 1985 - 1986
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-LES-1985-1986-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics
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  • Sec_4.1.4

Reason for working less (REASON_FOR_WORKING_LESS)

Data file: Sec_2

Overview

Valid: 14245
Invalid: 78931
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 81
End: 81
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Voluntary (illness or injury) 1705
12%
2 Voluntary (Holiday, leave or absence) 976
6.9%
3 Voluntary (Strike) 37
0.3%
4 Voluntary (Not available for fulltime work for other voluntrary reasons) 3107
21.8%
5 Involuntary (Mechanical or electrical break-down) 45
0.3%
6 Involuntary (Shortage of raw materials or fuel) 384
2.7%
7 Involuntary (Lock-out, lay off) 1289
9%
8 Involuntary (Bad weather, off season) 3724
26.1%
9 Involuntary (Full-time work not available for other involuntary reasons) 2978
20.9%
Sysmiss 78931
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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