Labour Force Survey 2018
Gambia, The, 2018
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GMB_2018_LFS_v01_M
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Gambia Bureau of Statistics
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- LFS_Final
OTHER EMP7 (other_emp7)
Data file: LFS_Final
Overview
Valid:
587
Invalid:
-
Type:
Discrete
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What is the main reason that (name) did not work in the last 7 days although (name) have a permanent job?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| APPRENTICESHIPS | |
| Agricultural season | |
| BREAKDOWN OF THE CAR | |
| Because Farming Season | |
| Because busy with farming | |
| Because farming | |
| Because of Farming | |
| Because of Farming Season | |
| Because of Farming season | |
| Because of farming | |
| Because of farming Season | |
| Because of farming season | |
| Because of farming\n | |
| Because of the farming Se | |
| Because of the farming an | |
| Because of the farming se | |
| Because of the rainning s | |
| Because the Farming Seaso | |
| Because the farming or ra | |
| Because the marketing is | |
| Business of cashew has al | |
| Car breakdown | |
| Doing it together with th | |
| FARM ACTIVITIES | |
| FARMING | |
| FARMING SEASON | |
| FARMNG | |
| Farm activities | |
| Farm work | |
| Farming | |
| Farming Season | |
| Farming activities | |
| Farming activity | |
| Farming season | |
| Farming. | |
| He driver has no vehicle | |
| He going but after farm w | |
| I am seasonal farmer". | |
| IT WAS A PART TIME WORK | |
| Illness | |
| Just joined the family re | |
| Lack of materials of fish | |
| Left or stop the tailorin | |
| Leftthe job now because h | |
| NO VEHICLE | |
| No place for him work or | |
| RAINING SEASON | |
| Rebuilding his toilet | |
| Respondent do not know wh | |
| Seasonal farmer | |
| She after farm work | |
| She went to take care of | |
| Sick | |
| Sickness of his brother | |
| Still doing but together | |
| Stop because of farming s | |
| Stop because of rainning | |
| Stop because of the farmi | |
| Stop because of the rainn | |
| Stop of thhe farming seas | |
| Stop the work because of | |
| TRAVELLED | |
| Travelled to Senegal\n\n | |
| Travelled.\n | |
| UNPAID FARMER | |
| VEHICLE BREAKDOWN | |
| VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE MAINT | |
| agricultura season | |
| agricultural activities | |
| agricultural seaon | |
| agricultural season | |
| agricultural season\n | |
| agricultural season\n\n | |
| agriculture | |
| agriculture season | |
| agricuture\n | |
| apprenticeship \n\n\n | |
| aprantis | |
| because of farmimg season | |
| because of farming | |
| because of the rainning h | |
| break for rainee season | |
| break for rainee seson | |
| break for rainee seson\n | |
| break for rainey seson | |
| breakdown engine | |
| breakdown of car | |
| buisness man | |
| business | |
| business is not going wel | |
| business man | |
| business on 'lumos' | |
| business woman | |
| businessman | |
| businessman\n | |
| busy in the farm | |
| busy with farming | |
| carpenter | |
| close for rainey season | |
| councillor | |
| doing business side by si | |
| driver | |
| end of contract | |
| engaging in farming rite | |
| erans for the president w | |
| famer | |
| family reasons | |
| family reson | |
| family work or business | |
| faming | |
| farimng | |
| farm activities | |
| farmig season | |
| farmin | |
| farmin\n | |
| farming | |
| farming activities | |
| farming period | |
| farming saon\n | |
| farming seaon | |
| farming seaon" | |
| farming season | |
| farming season" | |
| farming season\n | |
| farming system | |
| farming\n | |
| funeral | |
| gardening | |
| he normally break for ra | |
| he does fishing. | |
| he does mobile repairing. | |
| he does tiling. | |
| he is a businessman. | |
| he is a caretaker. | |
| he is a carpenter | |
| he is a carpenter. | |
| he is a cluster monitor. | |
| he is a contractor. | |
| he is a credit seller(nop | |
| he is a drive | |
| he is a driver | |
| he is a driver but he is | |
| he is a driver. | |
| he is a driver.\n\n | |
| he is a maison. | |
| he is a marabout | |
| he is a masonary but is l | |
| he is a matress maker. | |
| he is a meat seller.\n | |
| he is a nurse\n\n\n\n\n | |
| he is a plumber. | |
| he is a police officer. | |
| he is a police officer.\n | |
| he is a shop keeper | |
| he is a shop kepper. | |
| he is a social worker. | |
| he is a tailor. | |
| he is a tailor\n\n\n\n\n\ | |
| he is a teacher. | |
| he is a teacher\n | |
| he is a village health wo | |
| he is a welderman | |
| he is an imam | |
| he is busy working on his | |
| he is donkey cart driver. | |
| he is driving | |
| he is having costmetics s | |
| he is not around within t | |
| he is social work. | |
| he is working on his farm | |
| he sells fish. | |
| he works at ferry service | |
| he works at fishery depar | |
| he works at road construc | |
| he works on his farm. | |
| help house hold members o | |
| helping his brother on fa | |
| helping on the farm | |
| here to help on the farm | |
| here to help on the farm\ | |
| his car has a breakdown | |
| his got break down on his | |
| house duties | |
| house dutieshouse wife | |
| house wife | |
| household duties | |
| household task | |
| i have an accident | |
| ice juice seller. | |
| invincible | |
| invincible\n | |
| invisible | |
| invisible. he is a plumbe | |
| invisible. he is working | |
| invisible\n\n\n | |
| invisible\n\n\n\n | |
| iron bending | |
| is the nature of job | |
| is working on the farms | |
| just finished education | |
| lack of capital | |
| lack of capital for her b | |
| lack of capital for my bu | |
| lack of customers | |
| lack of materials | |
| laidoff | |
| looking after cattle | |
| maison | |
| marriage | |
| mason | |
| meat seller. | |
| motor spare part shop\n | |
| no client | |
| no contract | |
| no contract\n | |
| no job | |
| no job available | |
| no place to work | |
| no work available\n\n\n\n | |
| nurse assistant\n | |
| operator\n | |
| outomechanic | |
| quite job for other famil | |
| rainee seson\n | |
| raining season | |
| rainly season | |
| rainy season | |
| retired | |
| running an errand\n | |
| searching for job | |
| seasonal changes | |
| seasonal farmer | |
| seasonal job | |
| seasonal nature of job | |
| securityman\n | |
| sesonal break( rainey ses | |
| she cooks at the school. | |
| she is a businesswoman. | |
| she is a cleaner. | |
| she is a farmer. | |
| she is a food seller. | |
| she is a house wife.\n | |
| she is a nurse. | |
| she is a teacher. | |
| she is an immigration off | |
| she is businesswoman.\n | |
| she is doing business at | |
| she is doing busness at h | |
| she is ice juice seller. | |
| she is ice seller | |
| she is ice seller. | |
| she sells ice juice | |
| she sells ice. | |
| shop keeper | |
| shop keeping | |
| shop kepper | |
| shop kepper. | |
| soldier | |
| some personal reason | |
| student here to help | |
| study leave | |
| tailoring shop | |
| tailoring\n | |
| talibeh | |
| teacher\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n | |
| teaching children at the | |
| their is no client | |
| travel | |
| travel last week | |
| travel\n | |
| travelled to senegal | |
| unpaid farmer | |
| waiting for busy season | |
| waiting for rice season | |
| welderman | |
| went to visit friends | |
| work halt the rainning se | |
| work place destroyed | |
| working on h/h farm |
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.
Description
Source of information
OTHER EMP7
Imputation and derivation
Imputation
OTHER EMP7
Others
Security
OTHER EMP7