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School-to-work transition survey (SWTS) micro data files
The school to work transition surveys (SWTS) were carried out in more than 30 countries between 2012 and 2016. An accompanying labour demand entrerprise survey (LDES) was carried out in seven countries. The micro data files and questionnaires of the SWTS and LDES are made available.
Details of the surveys are presented in the following table.
SWTS source information:
The datasets (both in SPSS and STATA format) contain all individual variables plus three derived variables, “employment”, “unemployment” and “school enrolment”. For more information on derived variables, see methodology. Questions relating to the datasets can be sent to ilostat.ilo.org
To access data files please send a request to [email protected] stating your name and organization.
Country
Implementation partner
Sample size (15-29 years old)
Geographic coverage
Reference period
Armenia 2012
National Statistical Service
3,216
National
Oct-Nov
Armenia 2014
2,710
Sep -Oct
Bangladesh 2013
Bureau of Statistics
9,197
National
Jan-Mar
Benin 2012
Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique
6,917
National
Dec
Benin 2014-2015
4,306
Dec 2014-Jan 2015
Brazil 2013
ECO Assessoria em Pesquisas
3,288
National
Jun
Cambodia 2012
National Institute of Statistics
3,552
10 provinces
Jul-Aug
Cambodia 2014
3,396
National
Jul-Aug
Colombia 2013
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística
6,416
Urban
Sep-Nov
Congo, Rep. of 2015
Direction Générale de la Formation Qualifiante et de l'Emploi
3,276
National
May-Jun
Dominican Republic 2015
Banco Central De La República Dominicana
3,554
National
Jul-Sep
Egypt 2012
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS)
5,198
National
Nov-Dec
Egypt 2014
5,758
Nov-Dec
El Salvador 2012
Dirección General de Estadística y Censos
3,451
National
Nov-Dec
El Salvador 2014
3,604
Oct-Dec
FYR Macedonia 2012
State Statistical Office
2,544
National
Jul-Sep
FYR Macedonia 2014
2,474
Jul-Oct
Jamaica 2013
Statistical Institute of Jamaica
2,584
National
Feb-Apr
Jamaica 2015
3,666
Jun-Sep
Jordan 2013
Department of Statistics
5,405
National
Dec 2012-Jan 2013
Jordan 2015
3,749
Mar-Apr
Kyrgyzstan 2013
National Statistical Commission
3,930
National
Jul-Sep
Lebanon 2014-2015
Consultation and Research Institute
2,627
National
Nov-Jan
Liberia 2012
Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services
1,876**
National
Jul-Aug
Liberia 2014
2,416*
Jun-Jul
Madagascar 2013
Institut National de la Statistique
3,102
National
May-Jun
Madagascar 2015
5,044
Apr-May
Malawi 2012
National Statistics Office
3,102
National
Aug-Sep
Malawi 2014
3,097
Sep
Moldova, Republic 2013*
National Bureau of Statistics
1,158
National
Jan-Mar
Moldova, Republic 2015
1,189
Mar
Montenegro 2015
Statistical Office of Montenegro
2,998
National
Sep-Oct
Nepal 2013
Center for Economic Development and Administration
3,584
National
Apr-May
Occupied Palestinian Territories 2013
Central Bureau of Statistics
4,320
National
Aug-Sep
Occupied Palestinian Territories 2015
4,141
Jun-Jul
Peru 2012-2013
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informática
2,464
Urban
Dec-Feb
Russian Federation 2012
Russian Federal State Statistics Service
3,890
11 regions
Jul
Russian Federation 2015
3,415
Mar
Samoa 2012
Bureau of Statistics
2,914
National
Nov-Dec
Serbia 2015
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
3,508
National
Mar-Apr
Tanzania 2013
University of Dar-es-Salaam, Department of Statistics
1,988
National
Feb-Mar
Togo 2012
Direction Générale de la Statistique et de la Comptabilité Nationale
2,033
National
Jul-Aug
Togo 2014
2,708
Mar-Apr
Tunisia 2013
Institut National de la Statistique
3,000
National
Feb-Mar
Uganda 2013
Bureau of Statistics
3,811
National
Feb-Apr
Uganda 2015
3,049
Jan-Apr
Ukraine 2013
Ukrainian Center for Social Reforms
3,526
National
Feb
Ukraine 2015
3,202
Apr-May
Viet Nam 2012-2013
General Statistics Office
2,722
National
Dec-Jan
Viet Nam 2015
2,234
May-Jun
Zambia 2012
IPSOS Zambia
3,206
National
Dec
Zambia 2014
3,296
Oct-Dec
Codebooks are available with all files. **In Liberia only, the sample covers youth aged 15-35 years.
LDES source information:
Country
Implementation partner
Sample size (no. of enterprises)
Benin
Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique
733
Liberia
Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services
459
Malawi
Center for Development Management
832
Nepal
Center for Economic Development and Administration
412
Tanzania
University of Dar-es-Salaam, Department of Statistics
