Sri Lanka - Labour Force Survey - 2014

SocioEconomic
Reference ID DDI-LKA-DCS-LFS-2014-v1.0
Year 2014
Country Sri Lanka
Producer(s) Department of Census and Statistics - Ministry of Policy Planning, Economic Affairs, Child Youth and Cultural Affairs
Collection(s)
Social & Economic
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Overview
Identification
Country
Sri Lanka
Title
Labour Force Survey - 2014

Study Type
Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]

Series Information
Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (LFS) was designed to measure the levels and trends of employment, unemployment and labour force in Sri Lanka.

Since 1990, the survey is being conducted quarterly. 2014 is the fifteenth successive year in which the survey has been repeated.

ID Number
DDI-LKA-DCS-LFS-2014-v1.0
Version
Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.

Production Date
2016-01-29
Overview
Abstract
The employment/unemployment data are required at very short intervals to monitor the program made in the employment generating policies of the government. To satisfy this need, Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey was designed as a quarterly basis survey to measure the levels and trends of employment, unemployment and labour force in Sri Lanka. Thus the survey is repeated four times each year (in most years) since the first quarter of 1990.

Key objectives of the survey

- To study the economically active / inactive population.

- To analyze employment by major industry group and employment status.

- To determine unemployment rates by level of education and by age group

- To study the informal sector employment.

- To determine the underemployment rates by sector and by major industries

In January 2006, significant improvements have been made to the survey schedule in such aspects as literacy, household economic activities, informal sector employment, underemployment etc. The survey covered all 25 districts in 2014.

Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis
Individuals from the population aged 15 years or more

Topics
TopicVocabularyURI
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] CESSDACESSDA
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National coverage.

Universe
Working age population (10 years and above) living in the non-institutional households in Sri Lanka

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Department of Census and Statistics Ministry of Policy Planning, Economic Affairs, Child Youth and Cultural Affairs
Other Producer(s)
NameAffiliationRole
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
Department of Census and StatisticsDCSMinistry of Policy Planning, Economic Affairs, Child Youth and Cultural AffairsData Collection
Date of Metadata Production
2016-01-29
DDI Document Version
Version 1.0 ( January 2016 ).

DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-DCS-LFS-2014 - v1.0

National Data Archive - Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.