Labour Force Survey 2005-2006
Pakistan, 2005 - 2006
Identification
PAK_2005_LFS_v01_M
Labour Force Survey 2005-2006
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Pakistan | PAK |
Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
The labour force statistics are pivotal to pave the way for manpower planning, human resource development and, economic growth. The Federal Bureau of Statistics has been conducting Labour Force Surveys (LFS) since 1963 regularly. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2005-06 is 25th in the series and the 1st one undertaken on quarterly basis. For this purpose, the enumeration of the Survey’s sample has been carried out in the form of four distinct nationally representative quarterly samples.
The major aim of the survey is to collect a set of comprehensive statistics on the various dimensions of country’s civilian labour force. The survey profiles information to pave the way for skill development, planning, employment generation, assessing the role and importance of the informal sector and, sizing up the volume, characteristics and contours of employment. The specific objectives of the survey are as follows:
- To collect data on the socio-demographic characteristics of the total population i.e. age, sex, marital status, level of education, current enrolment and migration etc;
- To acquire current information on the dimensions of Pakistan’s labour force; i.e. number of persons employed, unemployed, underemployed or out of labour market;
- To gather descriptive facts on the engagement in major occupational trades and the nature of work undertaken by the institution/organization;
- To profile statistics on employment status of the individuals, i.e. whether they are employers, own account workers, unpaid family workers or paid employees (regular/casual);
- To classify non-agricultural enterprises employing household member(s) as formal and informal;
- To put figure on the hours worked at main/subsidiary occupations;
- To provide data on wages and mode of payment for paid employees; To quantify occupational health and safety of employed persons by causes, type of injuries/diseases occurred, parts of body injured, type of treatment received and period of absence from work; and
- To collect data on the characteristics of unemployed persons i.e. age, sex, level of education, previous experience if any, occupation, industry, employment status related to previous job, waiting time invested in the quest for work, their availability for work and expectations for future employment.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Individual
Scope
The scope of the study includes:Household composition and demographic information, current activity of all household members (10 years and over), underemployment, occupational injuries/diseases, unemployment.
Coverage
The survey covers all urban and rural areas of the four provinces of Pakistan defined as such by 1998 Population Census, excluding Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and military restricted areas. The population of excluded areas constitutes about 2% of the total population.
All enumeration Blocks in urban areas and mouzas/dehs/villages in rural areas have been enumerated. The number of sample households (32,640) enumerated is less than the estimated sample size (32,744) due to non-contact and refusal cases in urban and rural areas.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Federal Bureau of Statistics | Government of Pakistan |
Sampling
Sampling Frame
Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) has developed its own sampling frame for urban areas. Each city/town is divided into a number of enumeration blocks. Each enumeration block is based on 200 to 250 households on the average with well-defined boundaries and maps. The list of enumeration blocks as updated through Economic Census 1999-2000 and the list of villages/mouzas/dehs of 1998 Population Census have been taken as sampling frame. Enumeration blocks and villages are considered as Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) from urban and rural domains respectively.
Stratification Plan:
- Urban Domain: Karachi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Sialkot, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Peshawar, Quetta and Islamabad are considered as large cities. Each of these cities constitutes a separate stratum, further substratified according to low, middle and high income groups based on the information collected in respect of each enumeration block at the time of demarcation/ updating of urban area sampling frame.
- Remaining Urban Areas: After excluding the population of large cities from the population of respective ex-administrative division, the remaining urban population of exadministrative division from provinces is grouped together to form another stratum called other urban. Thus each ex-division in remaining urban areas in the four provinces constitutes a stratum
- Rural Domain: Each administrative district in the Punjab, Sindh and NWFP is considered an independent stratum whereas in Balochistan, each ex-administrative division constitutes a stratum.
- Universe: The universe for Labour Force Survey consists of all urban and rural areas of the four provinces of Pakistan defined as such by 1998 Population Census. The universe is adjusted for the extent of coverage.
Sample Design
- Procedure: A stratified two-stage sample design is adopted for the survey.
- Selection of primary sampling units (PSUs): Enumeration blocks in urban domain and mouzas/dehs/villages in rural are taken as Primary Sampling Units (PSUs). In the urban domain, sample PSUs from each ultimate stratum/sub-stratum have been selected with probability proportional to size (PPS) method of sampling scheme. In urban domain, the number of households in an enumeration block as updated through Economic Census and respective population of 1998 Census for a stratum is considered as measure of size.
- Selection of secondary sampling units (SSUs): The constituent households of sample PSUs are taken as Secondary Sampling Units (SSUs). A specified number of households i.e. 12 from each urban sample PSU, 16 from rural sample PSU have been selected with equal probability using systematic sampling technique with random a start.
- Sample Size and Its Allocation: Methodologically, a sample of 32744 households is considered appropriate to provide reliable estimates of key labour force characteristics. The entire sample of households (SSUs) is drawn from 2319 Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) out of which 1090 are urban and 1229 are rural. As urban population is more heterogeneous therefore, a higher proportion of sample size is allocated to urban domain. As a means to get reliable estimates, a higher proportion of sample is assigned to NWFP and Balochistan in consideration to their smallness. After fixing the sample size at provincial level, further distribution of sample PSUs to different strata in rural and urban domains in each province is made proportionately.
Note: More information on the sampling procedure is available in the report extract document available as external resources, and on the PBS website at http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/Labour%20Force/publications/lfs2005_06/methodology.pdf
Survey instrument
Federal Bureau of Statistics has been carrying out Labour Force Survey (LFS) since 1963. As an ongoing process, the survey’s questionnaire was revised in 1990. Major improvement constituted the addition of probing questions on particular economic activities that tend to go unrecorded with conventional questions, and are mostly carried out by women. The questionnaire was further improved in 1995 to reckon with the size and composition of migration and informal sector. The scope of the survey was extended in 2001-02 to occupational safety and health as well. The questionnaire was further articulated in 2005 for the present LFS 2005-06, the 1st ever held on quarterly basis.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2005-07 | 2006-06 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Federal Bureau of Statistics | Government of Pakistan |
In order to evolve dynamics of field enumeration in line with the survey’s objectives, training is imparted to the concerned staff on interviewing techniques and other procedure to be used in the enumeration. For quality control, supervisors from Regional/Field Offices and headquarter, make frequent field visits to spot-checking the collection process.
Data are collected by direct interview method. Generally, the head of household is chosen to provide information about all members of the household. In case of his nonavailability at the time of interview, some other informed member of the household down the line is interviewed. The total sample for the year is evenly distributed for enumeration on quarterly basis to offset the effect of seasonal variations. The information collected however relates to the week preceding the date of enumeration.
Data processing
Soon after data collection, the supervisors clean, edit and check the filled in questionnaires manually for consistency and completeness and refer back to field where necessary.
Editing is done at headquarter by the subject matter section. Computer edit checks are applied to get even with errors identified at the stage of data entry. The relevant numerical techniques are used to eliminate erroneous data resulting from mistakes made during coding. The survey records are further edited and rectified through a series of computer processing stages.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Bureau of Statistics | Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan | http://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/data-dissemination | pbs@pbs.gov.pk |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | It will be ensured that the statistics supplied will not disclose in any way the identity and state of affairs of any individual, firm or institution in strict compliance of the General Statistics Act, 1975. |
a. The user shall provide an undertaking that the data collected from PBS will not be supplied to any other person/organization either free of cost or on payment.
b. The user shall acknowledge the source of data and supply copies of the research work/articles (published/unpublished) to PBS.
The use of this dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the dataset producer and of the primary investigator (including country name)
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online)
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Bureau of Statistics | Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan | pbs@pbs.gov.pk | http://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/feedback |
| Microdata Library | World Bank | microdatalib@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_PAK_2005_LFS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | World Bank | Ducumentation of the DDI |
Metadata version
Version 01 (September 2012)