Cyprus
Title of the survey:
Labour force survey.
Organization responsible for the survey:
Planning and conduct of the survey:
Statistical Service.
Analysis and publication of the results:
Statistical Service.
Topics covered:
Employment, unemployment, underemployment, hours of work, duration of employment and unemployment, industry, occupation, status in employment, education/qualification levels, second jobs.
Coverage of the survey:
Geographical:
The Government-controlled area of Cyprus.
Population groups:
Persons aged 15 years and over. Excluded: persons living in institutions, non-residents citizens, tourists, persons residing abroad and students studying abroad.
Availability of estimates from other sources for the excluded areas/groups:
Not applicable.
Groups covered by the survey but excluded from the published results:
Not applicable.
Periodicity:
Conduct of the survey:
Annually.
Publication of results:
Annually.
Reference periods:
Employment:
One week within the second quarter.
Seeking work:
Four weeks within the second quarter.
Availability for work:
Two weeks within the second quarter.
Concepts and definitions:
Employment:
Persons aged 15 years and over who, during the reference week, worked for at least one hour and persons who had a job from which they were temporarily absent.
It includes:
- persons with a job but temporarily absent from work due to illness or injury, vacation or annual leave, maternity or paternity leave, educational or training leave if less than six months, absence without leave, labor management dispute, bad weather, mechanical breakdown, etc.
- full or part-time workers seeking other work during the reference week;
- persons who performed some work for pay or profit during the reference week but were subject to compulsory schooling, retired and receiving a pension, registered as job seekers at an employment office or receiving unemployment benefits;
- full or part-time students working full or part-time;
- paid apprentices and trainees;
- unpaid family workers at work during the reference week or temporarily absent from work;
- volunteers and career members of the armed forces and persons in paid civilian service equivalent to military service.
Unemployment:
Persons aged 15 to 64 years who were currently without work and available for work during the reference week and had searched for work during the last four weeks or who are going to work or trying to establish their own enterprise within the next two weeks which follow the week interview. It also includes part-time students seeking full-time work and seasonal workers not at work during the off-season, if they are seeking work.
Underemployment:
Time-related underemployment:
No information provided.
Inadequate employment situations:
No information provided.
Hours of work:
No information provided.
Employment-related income:
Income from paid employment:
Not covered.
Income from self-employment:
Not covered.
Informal sector:
Not covered.
Usual activity:
Not covered.
Classifications:
Branch of economic activity (industry):
Title of the classification:
Nomenclature d’Activités de la Communauté Européenne (NACE).
Population groups classified by industry:
Employed and unemployed persons.
Number of groups used for coding:
No information provided.
Links to ISIC:
ISIC-Rev.3 at the two digits level (Division).
Occupation:
Title of the classification:
ISCO-1988.
Population groups classified by occupation:
Employed and unemployed persons.
Number of groups used for coding:
226 minor groups (three digits level).
Links to ISCO:
ISCO-1988.
Status in employment:
Title of the classification:
No information provided.
Population groups classified by status in employment:
Employed and unemployed persons.
Groups used for classification:
Four groups: self-employed with or without employees; employees; unpaid family workers.
Links to ICSE:
ISCE-1993.
Education:
Title of the classification:
ISCED-1997.
Population groups classified by education:
Employed and unemployed persons.
Groups used for classification:
Links to ISCED:
ISCED-1997.
Sample size and design:
Ultimate sampling unit:
Dwelling.
Sample size (ultimate sampling units):
4,157 dwellings.
Overall sampling fraction:
1.6 per cent.
Sample frame:
List of dwellings derived from the 1992 Population census.
Updating of the sample:
Newly constructed dwellings are added, every year, to the frame.
Rotation:
Scheme:
25 per cent are replaced every year.
Percentage of units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds:
75 per cent.
Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:
Four times.
Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:
Four years.
Field work:
Type of interview:
CAPI.
Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:
About 250 units.
Duration of field work:
Total:
13 weeks.
Per sample area:
One week.
Survey organization:
A core of three permanent persons.
Number of field staff:
22 persons.
Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:
Yes.
Estimation and adjustments:
Total non-response rate:
About one per cent.
Adjustment for total non-response:
Yes.
Imputation for item non-response:
No.
Adjustment for areas/population not covered:
No.
Adjustment for undercoverage:
Yes.
Adjustment for overcoverage:
Not applicable.
Adjustment for seasonal variations:
No.
History of the survey:
Title and date of the first survey:
Labour Force Survey 1999.
Significant changes or revisions:
Not applicable.
Documentation and dissemination:
Documentation:
Survey results:
No publication as yet; planned to be annually.
Survey methodology:
No publication as yet; planned to be annually.
Dissemination:
Time needed for initial release of survey results:
No information provided.
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.pio.gov.cy/dsr/.