Saint Lucia Survey of Living Conditions and Household Budgets 2016
St. Lucia, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
LCA-CSO-SLCHBS-2016-V1.0
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Central Statistical Office (CSO)
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Seeking work (p4_6)
Data file: SLCHBS2016
Overview
Valid:
596
Invalid:
3978
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
226
End:
227
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What steps did you (...) takeduring the last four weeks to look for work?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | 168 |
28.2%
|
| 2 | Register at a public employment exchange | 2 |
0.3%
|
| 3 | Register at a private employment exchange | 17 |
2.9%
|
| 4 | Direct application | 196 |
32.9%
|
| 5 | Checking at work sites, farms, factory gates, markets etc. | 126 |
21.1%
|
| 6 | Answering newspaper advertisement | 7 |
1.2%
|
| 7 | Seeking assistance of friends, relatives, colleagues, unions | 71 |
11.9%
|
| 8 | Looking for land, building, etc to establish own business | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Arranging for financial resources, applying for permits, lic | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Other | 9 |
1.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 3978 |
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 is asked for all persons who said yes to either Q4.3 or Q4.2. This question tries to determine the length of time for which respondents who work have