Nepal Labour Force Survey 1998-1999, First Round

Nepal, 1998 - 1999
Household Surveys

Central Bureau of Statistics

CSV JSON

Q.37 Reason for not working in last 7 days (q37)

Data file: nlfs0

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 13

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Why didn't [Name] work more hours in last 7 days?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Cannot find more work, lack of business
2	Lack of finance , raw materials
3	Machinery, electrical , other breakdown
4	Off season inactivity
5	Industrial dispute (strike, laid off)
6	Other involuntary (specify)
7	Have sufficient work
8	Household duties
9	Student, unpaid training
10	Illness, disability
11	Vacation, family reason
12	Pregnant/Delivery
13	Other voluntary (specify)

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.

var_qstn_ivuinstr

This question aims to find out the exact reason why the respondent did not work more hours
in the last 7 days. In general there are two possible reasons for not working more hours:
involuntary and voluntary.

Question pretext

Check total hours worked in Q16. If total > or equal to 40, write '-' in 37 and go to 54. Otherwise, continue.

Question post text

Have sufficient work [7] -> 54
Household duties [8] -> 54
Student, unpaid training [9] -> 54
Illness, disability [10] -> 54
Vacation, family reason [11] -> 54
Pregnant/Delivery [12] -> 54
Other voluntary [13] -> 54

Description

Universe

q16 > 0 or q19 = 1 or q20 = 1