Executive summary report on Myanmar labour force, child labour and school to work transition survey 2015

The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security and the Central Statistical Organization of Myanmar conducted a labour force, child labour and school-to-work transition survey (LF-CL-SWTS) from 1st March to 31st March 2015, with the financial and technical support of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The survey covered 23,425 households throughout the country, covering 1,468 enumeration areas (EAs) as delineated in the Myanmar Population and Housing Census of 2014.

The main objective of LF-CL-SWTS 2015 was to collect the latest information on the size, structure, distribution and characteristics of the labour force, employment, unemployment and other economic characteristics of the population as well as aspects relating to child labour and the school-to-work transition.