Seychelles

Title of the survey:

Labour Force Survey (LFS).

Organization responsible for the survey:

Planning and conduct of the survey:

Management and Information Systems Division (MISD), Ministry of Information Technology and Communication.

Analysis and publication of the results:

MISD.

Topics covered:

Persons currently and usually economically active, employed and unemployed; persons currently in time-related underemployment or in inadequate employment situations and persons currently outside the labour force. Persons usually employed with and without some unemployment, persons usually unemployed with some employment and persons usually not economic active (distinguishing students, home duties, too old, sick and disabled). Hours of work. Informal sector employment. Duration of employment and unemployment. Discouraged workers. Second jobs. Industry, occupation, status in employment, education/training levels.

Coverage of the survey:

Geographical:

Three principal islands: Mahé, Praslin and La Digue.

Population groups:

Population of age 15 years resident in households.

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

Not applicable.

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

None.

Periodicity:

Conduct of the survey:

Occasional, i.e. 18.8-17.9 1992.

Publication of results:

Occasional, no information about release date for first results.

Reference periods:

Employment:

One week prior to the date of the interview.

Seeking work:

Four weeks.

Availability for work:

Four weeks.

Concepts and definitions:

Employment:

Persons who a) performed some work for pay or profit during the reference week; b) were temporarily absent from work during the reference week because of illness or leave, but were definitely going to return (including to seasonal work after off-season ended), or c) were engaged in production of goods for own final use. Excluded are unpaid family workers in family business. Some work is defined as 1 hour or more during the reference week.

Unemployment:

Persons who were currently without work and available for work, and who had searched for work during the last four weeks, as well as persons who had not looked for work because they thought no work was available or were waiting for reply to previous inquiries or were waiting to start work.

Underemployment:

Time-related underemployment:

Persons working less than 35 hours who said they were available to work more hours and did not for economic reasons.

Inadequate employment situations:

No information provided.

Hours of work:

No information provided.

Employment-related income:

Income from paid employment:

Not applicable.

Income from self-employment:

Not applicable.

Informal sector:

Those unregistered enterprises (determined by name of enterprise) in the private sector (cooperatives included) with less than five persons employed and which operate from the home of the respondent, a market stall or from some temporary location.

Usual activity:

Economically active for 6 months or more during the 12 months reference period and employed for most of that time.

Classifications:

Branch of economic activity (industry):

Title of the classification:

No name given.

Population groups classified by industry:

Employed and unemployed persons (industry of last job for the unemployed).

Number of groups used for coding:

26.

Links to ISIC:

ISIC-Rev.3.

Occupation:

Title of the classification:

No name given.

Population groups classified by occupation:

Employed and unemployed persons (occupation of last job for the unemployed).

Number of groups used for coding:

35.

Links to ISCO:

ISCO-88.

Status in employment:

Title of the classification:

National classification.

Population groups classified by status in employment:

Employed and unemployed persons (status of last job for the unemployed).

Groups used for classification:

Government employees; para-statal employees; private sector employees; co-operative employees; self-employed; employers and the unpaid family workers.

Links to ICSE:

ICSE-1993.

Education:

Title of the classification:

National classification.

Population groups classified by education:

Employed and unemployed persons.

Groups used for classification:

No schooling; P1-P6; FI-FII, P7-P8, S1-S2; FIII, P9, S3; FIV, S4, NYS; Vocational; Poly1-2, TTC; Poly3-4, FVI; Pre-university; University.

Links to ISCED:

ISCED-1976.

Sample size and design:

Ultimate sampling unit:

Household.

Sample size (ultimate sampling units):

800.

Overall sampling fraction:

6 percent.

Sample frame:

The 1987 Population Census.

Updating of the sample:

1991.

Rotation:

Scheme:

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:

Not applicable.

Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:

Not applicable.

Field work:

Type of interview:

Personal interviews, paper and pencil.

Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:

No information.

Duration of field work:

Total:

One month, with two extra weeks for replacements.

Per sample area:

No information.

Survey organization:

Permanent.

Number of field staff:

6 interviewers and 3 supervisors.

Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:

Some refusals, non-respondents and movers were replaced.

Estimation and adjustments:

Total non-response rate:

15 percent.

Adjustment for total non-response:

Yes.

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:

Not applicable.

History of the survey:

Title and date of the first survey:

Labour Force Survey, 1979/80.

Significant changes or revisions:

No information.

Documentation and dissemination:

Documentation:

Survey results:

No information.

Survey methodology:

No information.

Dissemination:

Time needed for initial release of survey results:

No information.

Advance information of public about date of initial release:

No.

Availability of unpublished data upon request:

Yes.

Availability of data in machine-readable form:

Yes.

Website:

http://www.seychelles.net/misd/.