Integrated Labour Force Survey 2025
Tanzania, 2025
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Q15C. Why didn't you look for work during the past four weeks? (q15c)
Data file: 2024_ILFS_DATA_URT1
Overview
Valid:
23753
Invalid:
37136
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 17
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believed no jobs were available | 463 |
1.9%
|
| 2 | Stopped searching; no jobs in my area | 292 |
1.2%
|
| 3 | Waiting for response from previous applications | 57 |
0.2%
|
| 4 | No jobs matching my skills | 284 |
1.2%
|
| 5 | Considered too young/too old by employers | 95 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | Waiting to start arranged job/business/farming | 358 |
1.5%
|
| 7 | Retired | 145 |
0.6%
|
| 8 | Do not want to work | 373 |
1.6%
|
| 9 | Full-time student | 12971 |
54.6%
|
| 10 | Child/elderly | 4840 |
20.4%
|
| 11 | Permanently disabled/ill | 1007 |
4.2%
|
| 12 | Family did not allow me | 271 |
1.1%
|
| 13 | Spouse did not allow me | 441 |
1.9%
|
| 14 | Not farming season | 206 |
0.9%
|
| 15 | Engaged in household duties | 1257 |
5.3%
|
| 16 | Temporarily ill | 342 |
1.4%
|
| 17 | Other (specify) | 351 |
1.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 37136 |
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.