National Labour Force and Child Activities Survey 2011-2012
Uganda, 2011 - 2012
Identification
UGA_2011_NCLS_v01_M
National Labour Force and Child Activities Survey 2011-2012
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Uganda | UGA |
Child Labor Survey [hh/cls]
The National Labour Force and Child Activities Survey NCLS, 2011-2012 was the first fully fledged national survey of its kind in Uganda with detailed information gathered on child activities. In the past the bureau made efforts to produce information on the activities of working children. These included further analysis of the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) 2000-01 and the Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) 2005-06. UBOS also conducted a Baseline Survey (BS) on child Labor in 2009, and a follow up study in 2011.These covered only three districts of Rakai, Wakiso and Mbale, which were the ILO focus districts.
The National Labour Force and Child Activities Survey (NCLS) 2011-2012, was carried out to collect high quality data on children to facilitate the measurement of the levels and nature of child labor in Uganda. NCLS collected information on the activity status of the population, characteristics of their places of work as well as information on occupational health and safety issues.
The Government of Uganda is committed to elimination of child labor in the country especially its worst forms. As part of this commitment, the National Child Labour Policy was formulated in 2006 to aid in the elimination of child labor. Child labor is among the major causes of child abuse and exploitation and is a fundamental violation of children rights. It is one of the obstacles in achieving Universal Primary Education (UPE) goals. Children who are forced out of school to work in order to supplement income of their families are denied the opportunity to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to support them in their quest for decent employment in future, leading to the poverty cycle. In addition to harming the welfare of the individual children, child labor can slow down broader national poverty reduction and development efforts of the country.
This survey provides an overview of the situation of child work activities in the country, specifically focusing on the nature and extent of child labor, its determinants and the consequences to education. The survey was carried out by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) with technical and financial assistance from the International Labour Organization, ILO's international Programme on Elimination of Child (IPEC) through statistical information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (SIMPOC).The specific objectives of the survey is to:
- Provide information on the labor force status of the population as a whole and disaggregated by demographic and socio-economic characteristics.
- Measure formal and informal employment.
- Measure underemployment.
- Generate and build social and economic indicators to be measured consistently over time allowing for historical comparisons and monitoring the progress made towards social and economic development goals of the country.
- Generate information on youth employment and employment of other special groups.
- Avail detailed information on child activities and other selected socio-economic indicators at national and sub-regional levels.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Children
- Households
Version
2011-01-01
Scope
The scope of the National Labour Force and Child Activities Survey includes:
- Identification particulars and eligibility
- Household schedule
- Education and training
- Migration for all household for person aged 5 years and above
- Multiple job holders and characteristics of secondary activity for persons aged 5 years and above
- Hours of work for employed persons aged 5 years and above
- Time related underemployment and inadequate employment situations
- Income from employment
- Unemployed and persons not in the labor force aged 5 years and above
- Previous work experienced aged 5 years and above
- Usual activity status aged 5 years and above
- Health and safety issues
- Household activities
- Housing and household characteristics
- Household socio-economic status
Coverage
National
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics | Government of Uganda |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| International Labour Organisation | Technical assistance |
| The World Bank | Technical assistance |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| United States Department of Labor | Financial support |
| International Organization for Migration | Technical assistance & financial support for report printing |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development | Advised on overall implementation of survey |
| Federation of Uganda Employers | Advised on overall implementation of survey |
| National Organisation of Trade Unions | Advised on overall implementation of survey |
| Confederation of Free Trade Unions | Advised on overall implementation of survey |
Sampling
The National Labour Force and Child Activities Survey 2011-2012 was a nationally representative sample survey targeting the population of Uganda aged five years and above. The survey was designed to allow for estimation of key labor market indicators for the following domains of study:
- Kampala City
- Peri-Urban Kampala
- Other Urban (excluding Kampala and Peri-Urban Kampala)
- West Nile Rural
- Karamoja Rural
- Northern Rural
- Eastern Rural
- Central Rural
- Western Rural
For purposes of presentation of the findings, the country was divided into five statistical regions, namely; Kampala City, Central region (excluding Kampala city), Eastern, Northern and Western regions. A number of factors were taken into consideration during the generation of this sample size. Among them were the reliability of the estimates, efficiency, limitations of the design and the overall cost of the survey. The final sample size was determined to be 7,200 households selected from the 2002 Population and Housing Census (PHC) sampling frame.
A two-stage stratified sampling design was used to select the representative sample. In the first stage, Enumeration Areas (EAs) from each stratum were selected with the Probability Proportional to Size (PPS), the size being the number of the households released during the 2002 census by EA. Each EA had between 50 - 200 households. In the end 600 Enumeration Areas were randomly selected and for each sampled EA, a fresh listing of households was carried out. In the second stage, a representative sample of 7,200 households was selected from all the listed households within each EA. This was achieved by selecting 12 households systematically from the list of households in each EA.
The survey targeted 600 EAs from which 7,200 households were expected, but cooperation from the local leadership was received from only 583 EAs. In total each of the 583 EAs were supposed to have 12 households and therefore the expected total households to be visited were 6,996 during data collection. However, only 6,293 were successfully interviewed, yielding a household response rate of 96 percent.
The actual households which were finally interviewed of 6,293 were still representative since during sampling the anticipated non-response had been put into consideration. Within the interviewed households, 24,687 individuals were eligible for the labor questions; complete interviews were conducted for 24,223 individuals, yielding a response rate of 98 percent. The response rates for urban areas were slightly lower than for the rural areas.
Survey instrument
NCLS used one comprehensive questionnaire which collected basic information on all household members aged 5 years and above. For purposes of comparability, the questions were similar to those usually asked in Urban Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the National Household Survey (NHS) series were retained. However some important additions were made to help measure child activity indicators in the country.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics | Government of Uganda |
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics took the lead in the implementation of the survey while the Inter-Institutional Technical Working Group was created to oversee the entire operations of the survey.
For data collection, eleven teams were constituted, each with a supervisor, four field enumerators and a driver. These teams were recruited taking into account the main local languages spoken in the sampled EAs.
Data processing
Data were entered using the Census and Surveys Processing System (CSPro) software package and was used for data capture and management. The completed questionnaires were returned to the UBOS offices for editing and data capture. A manual system of editing the questionnaires was employed before data cleaning. Two data editors were recruited to critically examine and ensure consistency of the data collected. A data capture program was developed for entry, verification and validation of the out of range or abnormal entries identified in the data.
In cases of item non-response or where there were outliers, a comparison was made with the values of other related variables with the aim of assigning a value where possible. In cases where it was not possible to assign a valid value to a missing or outlier data based on the findings from other variable values, these were left as missing in the data set. Data management also involved some consistency checks of the data set. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package Stata.
Data Access
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Uganda Bureau of Statistics, National Labour Force and Child Activities Survey (NCLS) 2011-2012. Ref. UGA_2011_NCLS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].
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 | URL | |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics | ubos@ubos.org | http://www.ubos.org |
Metadata production
DDI_UGA_2011_NCLS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics | Government of Uganda | Metadata preparation |
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Review of metadata |
2014-11
Metadata version
Version 02 (September 2016)
Edited version, produced by Development Data Group (The World Bank), based on Uganda Bureau of Statistics. The following changes were made:
- Updated series information, abstract, sampling and scope
- Updated external resources
- Dropped topics classifications
Version 01 (November 2014)
Metadata documentation produced by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)