First household employment survey starts in Belarus

According to the National Statistics Committee (Belstat), similar surveys are carried out all over the world to analyze the labor market and beginning from 2012 Belarus’ households will be also monitored every three months.

Thus, Belarus introduces a new mechanism in its national statistics practice for getting up-to-date information about the labour market.

The sample survey will cover 7,000 households from all regions of Belarus and the capital of Minsk. It will be conducted in 78 cities and towns and 68 rural councils. As the survey will take place every three months, around 28,000 households will be interviewed during this year taking into account the principle of rotation. It will cover all social groups aged between 15 to 75 years.

State statistics bodies guarantee confidentiality of personal data of household members at all stages of the survey that includes data collection, processing and analysis, Belstat said.

One hundred and ninety-two professional survey takers were specially employed to carry out a week long mission once in three months.

Belarus held a test sample survey, which encompassed 700 households, last November.

Belstat will prepare statistics reports following the survey’s results every three months to analyze the number of economically active population, including those employed and jobless, and the number of economically inactive citizens.

Comprehensive analysis about the employment and unemployment rates in regions and all over the republic can be made by the end of the year.

The survey’s results will help to assess the situation on the country’s labour market, track changes and develop an effective employment policy and staff retraining programmes.

The survey is conducted in cooperation with ILO experts and with technical support of the World Bank. The data collected by Belstat will be used in line with world practices for the development of state programmes regulating unemployment.

Source: sb.by