Sri Lanka STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey Wave 1 2012
General Info
Provider
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
May, 2012 - July, 2012
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative
Summary
The STEP (Skills Toward Employment and Productivity) program is the first of its kind aimed at generating internationally comparable data on skills in developing coutnries. The target sample poulation consists of individuals ages 15-64 years from urban areas and non-institutional resdidences. Data are collected through household interviews consisting of a questionnaire and literacy assessment.
Sri Lanka participated in the first wave of the STEP survey. The sample included 2,989 households.
Keywords
Agriculture, Anthropometry, Cooking fuels, Education, Education access, Education degrees, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Family composition, Family size, Fishing, Health insurance, Height, Hours worked, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Income, Land ownership, Lighting, Literacy, Livestock, Manufacturing, Marital status, Occupations, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Telephones, Training programs, Transportation, Unemployment, Water supply, Weight, Occupation codes
Citation
Contributors
Suggested citation
World Bank. Sri Lanka STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2012 (Wave 1). Ref. LKA_2012_STEP-HH_v02_M. Dataset downloaded from http://microdata.worldbank.org on 5/16/2017.