Nigeria Labour Force Survey Q2 2024
First round
Nigeria, 2024
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NGA-NBS-NLFS-Q22024-v1.0.
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National Bureau of Statistics
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um15. what was the main reason you stopped working in your last job/business? (um15)
Data file: NLFS_2024Q2_INDIVIDUAL
Overview
Valid:
2536
Invalid:
42316
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
5311
End:
5312
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
UM_15. What was the main reason you (NAME) stopped working in your last job/business
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEALTH REASONS | 297 |
11.7%
|
| 2 | CARING FOR OWN CHILDREN/RELATIVES | 96 |
3.8%
|
| 3 | PREGNANCY | 67 |
2.6%
|
| 4 | OTHER FAMILY/COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES | 86 |
3.4%
|
| 5 | GOING TO SCHOOL | 1061 |
41.8%
|
| 6 | LOST JOB/JOB ENDED/LAID OFF/BUSINESS SOLD/CLOSED DOWN | 404 |
15.9%
|
| 7 | CHANGED RESIDENCE | 84 |
3.3%
|
| 8 | DISSATISFIED WITH JOB | 78 |
3.1%
|
| 9 | RETIRED/TOO OLD TO WORK | 304 |
12%
|
| 10 | OTHER, SPECIFY | 59 |
2.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 42316 |
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.