Survey of Establishments on Employment, Earnings & Hours of Work - 1978
Sri Lanka, 1978
Reference ID
LKA-DOL-SSE-1978-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division - Department of Labour
Metadata
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Identification
Survey ID Number
LKA-DOL-SSE-1978-v1.0
Title
Survey of Establishments on Employment, Earnings & Hours of Work - 1978
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | LKA |
Study type
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
Series Information
This half-yearly sample survey was initiated in September, 1972 by the Department of Labour in pursuance of a UNDP/ILO project for the development of Labour Statistics. Since then the survey has been regularly conducted for the collection of data on earnings, hours of work and related matters for March and September of every year from a sample of establishments with 5 or more paid employees.
From 1975, the Sample Survey of Earnings and Hours Worked is being carried out only once a year and the reference period for the 1975 survey was March 1975 though this was changed to June from 1976.
The Sample Survey of Establishments on Employment, Earnings & Hours of Work - June, 1978 is the seventh in the series.
From 1975, the Sample Survey of Earnings and Hours Worked is being carried out only once a year and the reference period for the 1975 survey was March 1975 though this was changed to June from 1976.
The Sample Survey of Establishments on Employment, Earnings & Hours of Work - June, 1978 is the seventh in the series.
Abstract
The survey covers a sample of larger establishments with five or more paid employees engaged in production, distribution, construction, transport, storage and other business activities like finance, insurance, business services etc, which come under the broad definition of "Industries". It covers both public and private sectors. The public sector coverage is limited to Boards, Corporations, Co-operatives and some Government Departments like the Department of Buildings, the Marketing Department, the Government Factory, and the Railway Workshop which are engaged in the types of activities mentioned above. The bulk of the public services i.e. Government Departments other than those mentioned above Offices, Schools, Hospitals etc, are not covered in the survey as they do not come under the definition of "Industries".
The objective of the sample survey is to collect detailed labour statistics on a repetitive basis to indicate trends. Statistics of earnings and hours of work are collected including number employed, man days worked and paid for normal, and overtime man hours and the components of the total wage bill. These statistics are collected according to the eightfold broad occupational categories e.g. Administrative & Managerial Workers, Professional, Technical and Related Workers, Clerical and Related Workers etc.
The objective of the sample survey is to collect detailed labour statistics on a repetitive basis to indicate trends. Statistics of earnings and hours of work are collected including number employed, man days worked and paid for normal, and overtime man hours and the components of the total wage bill. These statistics are collected according to the eightfold broad occupational categories e.g. Administrative & Managerial Workers, Professional, Technical and Related Workers, Clerical and Related Workers etc.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
The survey covers establishments with 5 or more paid employees.
Version
Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, for internal use.
Version Date
2010-01-01
Scope
Notes
The scope of SSE 1978 includes :-
Serial no
Special Industry Code
District
Sector
The details such as (No. of employees, Total man days worked, On paid holidays, On paid leave days, Total man hours worked ( Normal ),Total man hours worked ( Overtime ), Basic Salaries & Wages, Special allowances, Overtime cash payments, Other cash payments, Estimated value of payments in kind ) by.
Administrative & Manegerial Workers
Professional, Technical and Related Workers
Clerical & Related Workers
Sales Workers
Supervisors & Foremen
Skilled & Semi-Skilled
Unskilled
Young & Child Workers
Total Workers
Serial no
Special Industry Code
District
Sector
The details such as (No. of employees, Total man days worked, On paid holidays, On paid leave days, Total man hours worked ( Normal ),Total man hours worked ( Overtime ), Basic Salaries & Wages, Special allowances, Overtime cash payments, Other cash payments, Estimated value of payments in kind ) by.
Administrative & Manegerial Workers
Professional, Technical and Related Workers
Clerical & Related Workers
Sales Workers
Supervisors & Foremen
Skilled & Semi-Skilled
Unskilled
Young & Child Workers
Total Workers
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] | CESSDA | Link |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National coverage.
Universe
Industries with five or more paid employees.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistics Division - Department of Labour | Ministry of Labour Relations and Manpower |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Goverment of Sri Lanka | GOSL |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
A probability sample of about 1750 establishments were selected for the survey from some 12,000 establishments, the frame being the responding establishments of the Annual Employment Survey 1977. The method of stratified random sampling was adopted to select the establishments such that the sample will be optimum in size to give the estimates a predetermined degree of precision which was fixed at 5% error at 95% confidence limits.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1978-07-01 | 1978-07-31 |
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Data Collection Notes
The Programming Assistants of the Statistics Branch of the Department of Labour are responsible for the collection of the data from the sample establishments. Data was collected from the records and the registers of the establishments.
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
In 1978, the same schedule which was used in 1977, was used to collect the data.
Data Processing
Data Editing
Certain edit checks were introduced in the Computer Programs and on the basis of that some quality checks were exercised.
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Director | Labour Statistics Division | labourst@sltnet.lk | www.labour.lk |
Confidentiality
The degree of confidentiality of this microdata set is determined by the Access Authority. Please refer to the Access Authority for further details.
Access conditions
Please contact the Access Authority for Access Terms and Conditions.
Citation requirements
"Department of Labour, Sample Survey of Establishments on Employment, Earnings & Hours of Work - June 1978 , Version 1.0 of the public use dataset (January 2010 )
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commsioner General of Labour | Department of Labour | labourst@sltnet.lk | www.labour.lk |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The Department of Labour bears no responsibilty for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of data.
Copyright
(C) 1978, Department of Labour
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-DOL-SSE-1978-v1.0
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Labour | DOL | Ministry of Labour Relations and Manpower | Data Collection |
Date of Metadata Production
2010-01-01
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 ( December 2010 ).