Nigeria Labour Force Survey Q2 2023
First round
Nigeria, 2023
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NGA-NBS-NLFS-Q22023-v1.0.
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National Bureau of Stastistics
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um9. what was the main reason why you did not try to find paid work (job) (um9)
Data file: NLFS_2023Q2_INDIVIDUAL
Overview
Valid:
629
Invalid:
46210
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
998
End:
999
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 18
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What was the main reason why you (NAME) did not try to find paid work (job) or start a business in the last four weeks?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWAITING THE SEASON FOR WORK | 23 |
3.7%
|
| 2 | WAITING TO BE RECALLED TO FORMER JOB | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 3 | HEALTH REASONS | 33 |
5.2%
|
| 4 | PREGNANCY | 9 |
1.4%
|
| 5 | DISABLED OR UNABLE TO WORK (HANDICAPPED) | 5 |
0.8%
|
| 6 | HOUSEWIFE/HOMEMAKER (FAMILY CONSIDERATIONS/CHILD CARE) | 67 |
10.7%
|
| 7 | UNDERGOING TRAINING TO HELP FIND WORK | 52 |
8.3%
|
| 8 | NO JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE AREA | 156 |
24.8%
|
| 9 | LACK OF MONEY TO PAY FOR TRANSPORT TO LOOK FOR WORK | 11 |
1.7%
|
| 10 | UNABLE TO FIND WORK REQUIRING HIS/HER SKILLS | 10 |
1.6%
|
| 11 | LOST HOPE OF FINDING ANY KIND OF WORK | 5 |
0.8%
|
| 12 | NO TRANSPORT AVAILABLE | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | SCHOLAR OR STUDENT | 110 |
17.5%
|
| 14 | RETIRED/TOO OLD TO WORK | 13 |
2.1%
|
| 15 | TOO YOUNG TO WORK | 2 |
0.3%
|
| 16 | LACK OF CAPITAL | 120 |
19.1%
|
| 17 | FUTURE JOB ARRANGED | 2 |
0.3%
|
| 18 | OTHER REASON, SPECIFY | 10 |
1.6%
|
| Sysmiss | 46210 |
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.