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Mongolia - LFS 2002/2003

Reference ID	MNG-NSO-EN-LFS-2002-v2.0
Year	2002
Country	Mongolia
Producer(s)	National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s)	Government of Mongolia - GOF - Asian Development Bank - ADB - International Labour Organization - ILO -
Collection(s)	Labour Force Survey
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Created on	Jul 30, 2013
Last modified	Jan 21, 2016
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  • LFS 2002-2003
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Reasons for participation in economic activity (X6)
File: LFS 2002-2003

Overview

Type: Discrete Format: numeric Width: 1 Decimals: 0 Range: 0-5

Valid cases: 6998 (323274.9) Invalid: 42950 (1905553.7)

Universe

Household members aged 5- 17 years.

Source of information

Eligible children who aged 5-17 years or head of household/other responsible household member

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Gain work experience and skilss	535	23517	7.3%
2	Help parents	6020	279981	86.6%
3	Shortage or family labour	352	15436	4.8%
4	Forced by parents	58	2735	0.8%
5	Others	33	1606	0.5%
Sysmiss		42950	1905554

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.

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Why did ___ start helping with any household economic activity?