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Labour Force and Child Labour Survey 2013

Bangladesh, 2013
Reference ID
BGD_2013_LFCLS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Metadata
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Jan 18, 2017
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    BGD_2013_LFCLS_v01_M
    Title

    Labour Force and Child Labour Survey 2013
    Country
    Name Country code
    Bangladesh BGD
    Study type

    Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
    Series Information

    This is the 12th round of Labour Force Survey (LFS) conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The LFS proves input for labour market analysis, policy formulation as well as planning, implementing and monitoring programmes related to human resource development in the country.
    Abstract

    The Labour Force and Child Labour Force Survey 2013 was conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics to provide reliable estimates on the labor force participation in the country at the national and sub-national levels. In 2013, this survey had two components: labor force and child labor.

    The labor force component covered population age 15 or older living in the sampled households to obtain estimates on their economic and non-economic activities.

    The child labor component was included to estimate the employment of population age 5 to 17, their conditions at the work place, and to probe and diagnose the circumstances leading to the existence of child labor in the country.

    The survey covered the randomly selected sample of 36,242 households from 1,512 PSUs/sample enumeration areas distributed across all 64 districts.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis
    • Household members 5 years old and older.

    Institutional dwellings (hotels, hospitals, prisons, welfare homes, etc.) were excluded from the survey.

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey report has provided a complete picture of labour statistics as well as the following key labour market indicators:

    • Labour force participation rate
    • Employment-to-population ratio
    • Status in employment
    • Employment by sector
    • Employment by occupation
    • Part-time workers
    • Hours of work
    • Employment in the informal economy
    • Unemployment
    • Youth unemployment
    • Long-term unemployment
    • Time-related underemployment
    • Not in labour force
    • Educational attainment and illiteracy
    • Average monthly wages

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage
    Universe

    Population age 5 and above

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics BBS
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    International Labour Organization

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The frame used for the selection of the sample for the survey was based on the Population and Housing Census 2011.

    The sampling frame was made of Enumeration Areas (EAs), contiguous geographical areas of land with identifiable boundaries. On average, each EA has between 80 and 120 households. The sample has 1,512 PSUs/EAs spread all over the country, and covering all socio-economic classes, thus representative of the population. The survey was distributed into 21 domains rural, urban, and city corporations of seven divisions. From each selected PSU/EA, an equal number of 24 households were selected systematically, with a random start. A two-stage stratified cluster sampling design was adopted. The units for the first stare sample selection were the EAs and the households at the second stage.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2013-01 2013-12
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    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:

    Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Bangladesh Labour Force and Child Labour Survey (LFCLS) 2013. Ref. BGD_2013_LFCLS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date]

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    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

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics http://www.bbs.gov.bd/home.aspx
    ILO Department of Statistics International Labour Organization microdata@ilo.org www.ilo.org/microdata

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_BGD_2013_LFCLS_v01_M_WB
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    ILO Decent Work Team and Country Office for India ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Documentation of the study
    Development Data Group World Bank Revision of study documentation
    Date of Metadata Production

    2016-02-23

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    • v02 (September 2016)

    The following changes were made:

    • International Labour Organization (ILO) version of metadata documentation was adapted to World Bank Microdata Library standards

    • Two separate DDIs produced by ILO - BGD_2013_LFS_v01_M and BGD_2013_CLS_v01_M - were merged into one

    • v01 (February 2016)

    ILO version downloaded from http://www.ilo.org/surveydata/index.php/catalog/449
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