(C) 2008, Department of Census and Statistics NADA Information Unit Sample Survey Division Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs] v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] Sri Lanka National coverage. ( Excluding Nothern and Eastern provinces ) Sample survey data [ssd] Department of Census and Statistics The field of survey conducted in year 1997 was confined to seven province of the country excluding the Northern and the Eastern provinces due to the prevailing situation in the above two provinces. Face-to-face [f2f] Under the Statistical ordinance, micro data cannot be released with identifications for public use. Procedures are in place to ensure that information relating to any particular individual person, household or undertaking will be kept strictly confidential and will not be divulged to external parties. Information on individual or individual Household/establishment will not be divulged or published in such a form that will facilitate the identification of any particular person or establishment as the data have been collected under the Census/Statistical ordinance, according to which the information at individual level cannot be divulged and such information is strictly confidential. Director General LF1997 This file contains the data related to the Labour Force Survey questionnaire 1997. 80574 89 80574 1 Year 80574 97 97 97 Month 80574 1 12 6.472 3.422 1 January 2 Febrary 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December Sector 80574 1 3 1 Urban 2 Rural 3 Estate District 80574 1 25 1 Colombo 2 Gampaha 3 Kalutara 4 Kandy 5 Matale 6 Nuwara Eliya 7 Galle 8 Matara 9 Hambantota 18 Kurunegala 19 Puttalam 20 Anuradhapura 21 Polonnaruwa 22 Badulla 23 Monaragala 24 Ratnapura 25 Kegalle Primary Sample Unit Number 80574 1 439 128.315 90.556 Household Serial Number 80574 1 219 54.411 39.131 Blank 80458 116 1 25 3.188 1.979 Result code - visit 1 80574 9 1.357 1.176 Result code - visit 2 342 80232 1 7 5.19 1.362 Result code - visit 3 380 80194 1 5 1.176 0.615 Time taken - visit 1 (minutes) 78517 2057 99 31.054 14.908 Time taken - visit 2 (minutes) 121 80453 5 50 22.975 15.16 Time taken - visit 3 (minutes) 1171 79403 5 75 29.292 12.331 No. of Housing Units (Consolidated) 1432 79142 6 0.248 0.627 No. of Housing Units (Devided) 1499 79075 2 0.207 0.494 Final Result Code 73713 6861 1 1 1 Person's Line Number 73716 6858 1 25 3.192 1.98 Relationship to the Head 73716 6858 1 9 1 Head of the Household 2 Wife/Husband 3 Son/Daughter 4 Parents 5 Other Relative 6 Domestic Servant 7 Boarder 9 Other Sex 80574 1 2 1 Male 2 Female Age (as at last birthdate) 80574 99 29.383 19.653 Ethnic Group 80574 1 9 1 Sinhala 2 Sri Lanka Tamil 3 Indian Tamil 4 Sri Lanka Moor 5 Malay 6 Burgher 9 Other Religion 80574 1 9 1 Buddhist 2 Hindu 3 Muslim 4 Catholic or Christian 5 Seperated 9 Other Marital Status 80574 1 5 1 Never Married 2 Married 3 Widowed 4 Divorced 5 Seperated P10 80574 70 10.93 8.576 Educational Attainment 74619 5955 99 Studying/Studied Grade 1 1 Passed Grade 1 2 Passed Grade 2 3 Passed Grade 3 4 Passed Grade 4 5 Passed Grade 5 6 Passed Grade 6 7 Passed Grade 7 8 Passed Grade 8 9 Passed Grade 9 10 Passed Grade 10 12 Passed grade 12 13 Passed G.C.E.(A/L) / H.N.C.E 14 Passed G.A.Q./G.S.Q. 15 Degree 16 Post Graduate Degree/Diploma 19 No Schooling Current Educational Status 74351 6223 1 9 1 School 2 University 3 Other Educational Institution 4 Vocational/Technical Institution 5 Does not attent Did you have Voc/Tech Training? 67775 12799 1 5 1 Yes 2 No Type of Training 80574 Code for training obtained 80574 Formal or informal Training? 80574 1 Formal 2 Informal Duration (in months) 80574 Reason for going abroad? 80574 Year leaving the country 1 80573 1997 1997 1997 Country of Employment 2 80572 46 71 58.5 17.678 Occupation code 2 80572 5133 5133 5133 Duration (in months) 3 80571 2 24 9.667 12.423 Did S(He) do any work last week? 60642 19932 1 Yes 2 No Sysmiss Did S(He) do not work last week? 39221 41353 1 Yes 2 No Sysmiss Past week was S(He) available? 37970 42604 1 Yes 2 No Sysmiss If available, could S(He) have taken a job last week? 3416 77158 1 Yes 2 No Sysmiss Why couldn't S(He) work last week? 31 80543 1 Alreaddy has a job 2 Temporary illness 3 Going to school 4 Family responsibilities 5 Other Sysmiss Why was S(He) not available or looking for a job? 34574 46000 1 Studies 2 Household work 3 Retirement,old age 4 Infirmity, Disablity 5 Not interesting in having a job 6 Other 9 Sysmiss Why not work last week? 1252 79322 1 Illness or Injury 2 Strike 3 Holiday, Vacation or Leave 4 Reducion in economic activity 5 Bad weather 6 Mechanical or Electrical failure 7 8 Short of raw material 9 9 Sysmiss Nature of work - Industry 29326 51248 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 130 140 210 220 301 302 309 1200 1910 1920 1930 1940 1990 2111 2112 2113 2114 2115 2116 2117 2118 2119 2120 2122 2123 2124 2125 2126 2127 2128 2129 2131 2132 2133 2134 2135 2136 2141 2142 2143 2149 2211 2212 2213 2214 2215 2216 2217 2219 2220 2231 2232 2233 2240 2311 2312 2313 2319 2320 2411 2412 2419 2420 2511 2512 2513 2521 2522 2523 2524 2525 2526 2527 2529 2530 2540 2551 2552 2559 2560 2610 2620 2691 2692 2693 2694 2695 2696 2699 2710 2720 2811 2812 2813 2814 2815 2819 2821 2822 2823 2824 2825 2829 2831 2832 2833 2839 2841 2843 2844 2845 2847 2849 2852 2901 2903 2904 2905 2909 3101 3102 3103 3200 4001 4002 5100 5101 5102 5103 5104 5105 5109 5112 5201 5202 5203 5204 5205 5206 5207 5208 5209 5210 5211 5212 5214 5219 5310 5320 6111 6112 6113 6114 6115 6116 6121 6122 6123 6130 6131 6132 6191 6192 6200 6211 7101 7102 7103 7104 7200 7310 7321 7322 7323 7324 7325 7326 7329 7330 8100 8200 8310 8320 8323 8331 8340 8350 8391 8399 8411 8412 8413 8414 8415 8420 8430 8490 8511 8512 8513 8514 8515 8519 8520 8530 8591 8592 8593 8599 8600 9000 9009 9020 Sysmiss Nature of work - Occupation 29326 51248 9341 6481.77 2335.057 Sector 29326 51248 1 Public 2 Private Sysmiss Status 29326 51248 1 4 1 Employee 2 Employer 3 Own account worker 4 Unpaid family worker Daily paid worker? 16685 63889 1 6 1 Yes 2 No Shift worker 16970 63604 6 1 Regular day shift 2 Regular evening shift 3 Regular night shift 4 Shift rotates 5 Irregular schedule of hours 6 Other Service Period - Years 29309 51265 90 10.509 10.132 Service Period - Months 29246 51328 27 0.7 1.903 This occupation period - Years 29326 51248 70 11.113 10.239 This occupation period - Months 29326 51248 18 0.629 1.817 Hours worked per week? 29326 51248 99 44.42 14.948 Hours worked last week? 29326 51248 99 38.344 18.881 Working less than usual hours? 9144 71430 1 9 1 Strike 2 Holiday - Vacation or leave 3 Reduction in economic activity 4 Off season in activity 5 Bad weather 6 Mechanical or electricity failure 7 Short of raw material or fuel 8 Other reason 9 9 Did S(He) do secondary work? 29262 51312 1 Yes 2 No Sysmiss Nature of secondary work-industry 2736 77838 1 9000 250.068 1137.636 Nature of secondary work-occupation 2747 77827 9993 2583.522 2511.548 Nature of secondary work-sector 2750 77824 1 Public 2 Private 3 4 5 6 7 9 Sysmiss Nature of secondary work-status 2757 77817 1 Employee 2 Employer 3 Own account worker 4 Unpaid family worker 5 6 7 9 Sysmiss Duration engaged (Years) 2763 77811 65 20.605 5.964 Duration engaged (Months) 2763 77811 90 9.538 9.672 No. of hours actuall worked-last week 2763 77811 70 3.327 8.299 Available for additional work? 29054 51520 1 Yes 2 No 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sysmiss Looking for alternative work? 29147 51427 9 1 Yes 2 No What kind of work expected? 3407 77167 9341 4301.573 3356.144 Expected lowest wage (Rs.) 3407 77167 9999 3322.923 1267.488 Monthly, Weekly or Daily wage? 3415 77159 1 9 1 Daily 2 Weekly 3 Monthly 4 Other Prefered employment? 23 80551 9 23456 12731.783 4113.296 What steps S(He) has taken to search a job? 2986 77588 99 24.666 21.037 Why not seeking employment? 381 80193 1 9 1 Discouraged, not able to get a job 2 Believes no suitable work available 3 Has no skills or training 4 Engaged in housework 6 Other Did S(He) ever have a job? 3409 77165 1 2 1 Yes 2 No Job lasting two or more weeks? 691 79883 1 5 1 Within the past three months 2 3 - less than 7 months 3 7 - less than 12 months 4 1 - less than 5 years 5 5 yeras and over What kind of work 690 79884 9341 6514.39 2454.712 Source of assistance? 80574 Did S(He) do any work? 67312 13262 1 2 1 Yes 2 No Total no. of weeks worked during the year 29705 50869 54 45.015 10.997 was S(He) alailable for work last year? 39752 40822 1 2 1 Yes 2 No Total no of weeks s(he) available, last year? 3979 76595 1 52 43.429 12.693 The staus of the person 67308 13266 1 3 1 Usuallly employed past 12 months 2 Usuallly unemployed past 12 months 3 Usuallly not economically active in the past 12 months Was S(He) an employed inthe main occupation? 67313 13261 1 2 1 Yes 2 No Last month earnings( Rs. ) 16836 63738 99999 3283.519 2939.011 Any payment in kind? 16826 63748 1 Yes 2 No Sysmiss An employee in the secondsry activity? 67313 13261 1 2 1 Yes 2 No Earnings from secondary activity? 742 79832 1 5800 1212.757 822.188 Any payment in kind(secondary)? 803 79771 5 1 Yes 2 No Inflation Factor 80574 3.833 1134.886 190.91 117.717