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Mongolia - LFS 2006/2007

Reference ID	MNG-NSO-LFS-EN-2006-v2.0
Year	2006 - 2007
Country	Mongolia
Producer(s)	National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s)	Government of Mongolia - GOF - Financial assistance
Collection(s)	Labour Force Survey
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Created on	Jul 30, 2013
Last modified	Jan 21, 2016
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  • LFS 2006-2007
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Main reason for not seeking work (IV85)
File: LFS 2006-2007

Overview

Type: Discrete Format: numeric Width: 2 Decimals: 0 Range: 1-12

Valid cases: 974 Invalid: 47134 Minimum: 1 Maximum: 12

Definition

Main reason for not seeking work

Universe

(If the answer to Col.51 =2 then ask these questions)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Thought no work available	563	57.8%
2	Off season	65	6.7%
3	Has no skills or training	82	8.4%
4	Household duties	62	6.4%
5	Studies	14	1.4%
6	Not available	29	3.0%
7	Peron below working age	7	0.7%
8	Retired	16	1.6%
9	Salary is not enough	13	1.3%
10	Can't meet employer's requirement	32	3.3%
11	Take care of patient or old person	16	1.6%
12	Other	75	7.7%
Sysmiss		47134

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 ______not look for work during the last 30 days?

Interviewer instructions

Use codes given below.