Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Rep. of

Title of the survey:

Labour Force Sample Survey

Organization responsible for the survey:

Planning and conduct of the survey:

Statistical Office.

Analysis and publication of the results:

Statistical Office.

Topics covered:

Employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, income, informal sector employment, duration of unemployment, discouraged workers, occasional workers, industry, occupation, status in employment, educational level, usual activity, second jobs.

Coverage of the survey:

Geographical:

Whole country.

Population groups:

All permanent residents aged 15 years and above including those temporarily absent abroad for a period of less than one year.

Excluded are persons under 15 and above 80 years old as well as persons in the following categories:

  1. persons on long-term missions abroad (over one year);
  2. students living in hostels and unsettled population;
  3. inmates of penal and mental institutions;
  4. armed forces;
  5. foreign citizens.

Availability of estimates from other sources for the excluded areas/groups:

No.

Groups covered by the survey but excluded from the published results:

None.

Periodicity:

Conduct of the survey:

Annual.

Publication of results:

Annual.

Reference periods:

Employment:

One week prior to the date of the interview.

Seeking work:

One week prior to the date of the interview.

Availability for work:

One week following the date of the interview.

Concepts and definitions:

Employment:

Persons aged 15 years and above who, during the reference week, did any work at all as paid employees, in their own business, profession, or on their own farm, or who worked at least one hour or more as unpaid family workers in an enterprise operated by a member of a family. Also included are all those who were not working but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of illness, bad weather, vacation, advance qualification training, labour-management disputes, or personal reasons, as well as due to the end of activity of an enterprise.

Also included in the totals are:

  1. full- and part-time workers seeking other work during the reference period;
  2. full- and part-time students working full- or part-time;
  3. persons who performed some work during the reference week while being either retired and receiving a pension; or were registered as job seekers at an employment office or receiving unemployment benefits private domestic servants; paid apprentices and trainees;
  4. persons engaged in production of goods for own final use (e.g. subsistence farming).

Unemployment:

Unemployed are all persons aged 15 years and over had no employment during the reference week, were available for work during the reference week or within one week following the reference week, and had made specific steps to find employment.

Underemployment:

Time-related underemployment:

Persons working less hours than the regular hours and willing and available to work additional hours.

Inadequate employment situations:

No information.

Hours of work:

Usual and actual hours worked.

Employment-related income:

Income from paid employment:

Usual monthly gains (net earnings) in the main job.

Income from self-employment:

Usual monthly gains (net earnings) in the main job.

Informal sector:

No information.

Usual activity:

Situation during the past 12 months.

Classifications:

Branch of economic activity (industry):

Title of the classification:

National classification.

Population groups classified by industry:

Employed persons.

Number of groups used for coding:

14.

Links to ISIC:

No.

Occupation:

Title of the classification:

National classification.

Population groups classified by occupation:

Employed persons.

Number of groups used for coding:

10.

Links to ISCO:

No.

Status in employment:

Title of the classification:

National classification.

Population groups classified by status in employment:

Employed persons.

Groups used for classification:

4 groups (employees, employers, own-account workers, unpaid family workers).

Links to ICSE:

Yes.

Education:

Title of the classification:

National classification.

Population groups classified by education:

Employed and unemployed persons.

Groups used for classification:

9 groups (without education, not completed primary education, primary education, three years of secondary education, four years of secondary education, higher, university level, master’s degree and doctorate).

Links to ISCED:

No.

Sample size and design:

Ultimate sampling unit:

Household.

Sample size (ultimate sampling units):

7,200 households.

Overall sampling fraction:

1.3 per cent of the total number of households.

Sample frame:

The sample frame is built on the basis of the 1994 Population Census and the Population Register.

Updating of the sample:

Annually.

Rotation:

Scheme:

No information provided.

Percentage of units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds:

34.5 per cent.

Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:

3.

Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:

Four years.

Field work:

Type of interview:

Paper and pencil.

Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:

8 households.

Duration of field work:

Total:

No information provided.

Per sample area:

No information provided.

Survey organization:

Permanent.

Number of field staff:

117 interviewers.

Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:

No.

Estimation and adjustments:

Total non-response rate:

No.

Adjustment for total non-response:

No.

Imputation for item non-response:

No.

Adjustment for areas/population not covered:

No.

Adjustment for undercoverage:

No.

Adjustment for overcoverage:

No.

Adjustment for seasonal variations:

No.

History of the survey:

Title and date of the first survey:

Labour Force Survey, April 1996.

Significant changes or revisions:

Since 1996 a number of changes have been introduced in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Documentation and dissemination:

Documentation:

Survey results:

"Labour Force Survey: Basic definitions, methods and final results" (annually).

Survey methodology:

"Labour Force Survey: Basic definitions, methods and final results".

Dissemination:

Time needed for initial release of survey results:

No information provided.

Advance information of public about date of initial release:

Yes.

Availability of unpublished data upon request:

No.

Availability of data in machine-readable form:

Diskettes, Internet and e-mail.

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