Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016
Maldives, 2016
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MDV_2016_HIES_v01_M
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Q22: What was the main reason why you did not seek work ..in the last month? (Q522)
Data file: f5
Overview
Valid:
7423
Invalid:
10646
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
121
End:
122
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selected for a job & awaiting for employer's notification | 55 |
0.7%
|
| 2 | Waiting for the season | 83 |
1.1%
|
| 3 | Attending educational / training program | 1237 |
16.7%
|
| 4 | Household chores / Babysitting | 2697 |
36.3%
|
| 5 | Due to pregnancy / Childbirth | 135 |
1.8%
|
| 6 | Due to ill health | 1683 |
22.7%
|
| 7 | Due to Disability | 162 |
2.2%
|
| 8 | Pension / social benefits / income from rent | 179 |
2.4%
|
| 9 | Do not know how & where to look for work | 44 |
0.6%
|
| 10 | Looked for job(s) before but couldn’t get one | 80 |
1.1%
|
| 11 | Not necessary to earn income | 69 |
0.9%
|
| 12 | Due to objection from family members | 183 |
2.5%
|
| 13 | Will start training/course within 6 month | 39 |
0.5%
|
| 14 | Lack of job opportunities in the residential island/region | 163 |
2.2%
|
| 15 | Not interested in working / Don't want to do any work | 383 |
5.2%
|
| 16 | Other reason | 165 |
2.2%
|
| 98 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 66 |
0.9%
|
| Sysmiss | 10646 |
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.