Saint Lucia Survey of Living Conditions and Household Budgets 2016

St. Lucia, 2015 - 2016

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LCA-CSO-SLCHBS-2016-V1.0

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Central Statistical Office (CSO)

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St. Lucia

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Reasons for being absent (p4_4)

Data file: SLCHBS2016

Overview

Valid: 40

Invalid: 4534

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 224

End: 224

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

4 Why were you (...) absent from work last week?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Vacation	12	30%
2	Maternity leave	5	12.5%
3	Sick leave	9	22.5%
4	Temporary lay-off	4	10%
5	Not employed	2	5%
6	Other. Please specify	8	20%
Sysmiss		4534

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.

Interviewer instructions

This question establishes whether those who said ‘No’ to both Q4.3 and Q4.2 (neither currently working nor temporarily absent from work) were voluntarily in the labor market. A ‘Yes’ response is appropriate only if two conditions are true: the person was both looking for work and ready to take on work. If a person is sick or
engaged in some social activity that would preclude him/her from working, then he/she would not be considered as ready for work and should be entered as a ‘No’ response for this question. If a person is capable of taking on work but was not looking for work, a ‘No’ response would also be entered for this person.

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