Sri Lanka - Labour Force Survey - 2007

SocioEconomic
Reference ID LKA-DCS-LFS-2007-v1.0
Year 2007
Country Sri Lanka
Producer(s) Department of Census and Statistics - Ministry of Finance and Planning
Collection(s)
Social & Economic
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Overview
Identification
Country
Sri Lanka
Title
Labour Force Survey - 2007

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. 2007 is the eighteenth successive year in which the survey has been repeated.

Amongst other figures, Provincial level estimates are taken from the Annual LFS 2007 data file which is a combination of all the four quarterly files processed for the year 2007.

ID Number
LKA-DCS-LFS-2007-v1.0
Version
Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.

Production Date
2008-09-22
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 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

Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis
Individuals from the population aged 10 years or more

Scope
Notes
The scope of LFS 2007 includes the following key sections:-

1). Identification Information

2). Control Data

3). Personal Information

4). Information on Labour Force

Identification and Personal Information are as follows:-

Identification Information

- Address, Province, District, D.S. Division, G. N. Division, Sector, Name of MC/UC/PS

- Name of Ward/Village/Estate, Census Block Number, Sample Reference Number

- Survey Quarter, Number of households, Name of the Head of the household

- Identifications of Interviewers & Supervising Officers

Personal Information

- Relationship to Head of Household, Gender, Age, Ethnic Group, Religion, Marital Status

- Educational Attainment, Attendance at Schooling or other Educational Institution

- Professional / Technical Training, Persons who are working abroad

Topics
TopicVocabularyURI
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National coverage. [Excluding the Northern and the Eastern Provinces]

This survey covered persons living in housing units only

and, it excludes the institutional population.

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 Finance and Planning
Other Acknowledgements
NameAffiliationRole
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
Department of Census and StatisticsDCSMinstry of Finance & PlanningData Collection
Date of Metadata Production
2008-09-22
DDI Document Version
Version 1.0 ( June 2008 ).

DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-DCS-LFS-2007-v1.0

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