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
Metadata
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Jan 20, 2023
Last modified
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What steps taken (WHAT_STEPS_TAKEN)
Data file: Sec_2
Overview
Valid:
10781
Invalid:
82395
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
85
End:
85
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 9
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered with public or private employment agencies | 887 |
8.2%
|
| 2 | Applied to prospective employers | 3274 |
30.4%
|
| 3 | Checked at farms, estates, factories, markets, work sites etc; | 1614 |
15%
|
| 4 | Placed or answered advertisements | 773 |
7.2%
|
| 5 | Sought assistance of friends or relatives | 2124 |
19.7%
|
| 6 | Looked for land, building, machinery, equipment or finance for setting up own enterprise | 350 |
3.2%
|
| 7 | Applied for permit or license to set up own enterprise | 28 |
0.3%
|
| 8 | Other steps | 270 |
2.5%
|
| 9 | No specific steps taken | 1461 |
13.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 82395 |
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.