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Labour Force Survey 2013

Timor-Leste, 2013
Reference ID
TLS_2013_LFS_v01_M
Producer(s)
General Directorate of Statistics, Secretariat of State for Professional Training and Employment Policy
Metadata
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Jan 18, 2017
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  • Coverage
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  • Access policy
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  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    TLS_2013_LFS_v01_M

    Title

    Labour Force Survey 2013

    Country
    Name Country code
    Timor-Leste TLS
    Study type

    Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]

    Series Information

    The second LFS conducted in Timor-Leste, the 2013 LFS uses, to a large extent, concepts adopted in the 19th ICLS and this prevernts comparison with the 2010 LFS. The changes have broadened the concepts with the introduction of labour underutilization which allows us to see the pressure on labour market. The changes also mean that a majority of the subsistence food producers are no longer considered part of the labour force. This has significantly altered several employment and work-related indicators. With the methodological changes, it is not possible to make comparisons with the indicators from LFS 2010.

    Abstract

    The principal objective of the LFS is to provide current data on the employment and unemployment situation of the population at national and subnational levels covering in particular vulnerable and informal employment, timerelated underemployment, potential labour force and subsistence foodstuff production.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households
    Individuals

    Scope

    Notes

    Households:

    • Individual characteristics
    • Migration, incl. place of birth and citizenship
    • Education
    • Training (outside general education system)
    • Household income
      Individuals:
    • Employment characteristics of primary and secondary activitities
    • Hours of work and underemployment
    • Wages
    • Unemployed and inactive persons characteristics
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Employment ILO
    Unemployment ILO
    Wages ILO
    Household Income ILO
    Education ILO
    Migration ILO
    Training (outside general education system) ILO
    Hours of work and underemployment ILO

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage

    Universe

    Household members 10 years old and above.
    Private households exclude population living in military barracks, penal institutions, dormitories of schools and universities, religious institutions, hospitals and so forth. For the armed forces, this means that they were included if they lived as members of a private household, but excluded if living in dormitories, barracks or similar accommodation.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    General Directorate of Statistics Ministry of Finance
    Secretariat of State for Professional Training and Employment Policy Ministry of Finance
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    Govenrment of Timor Leste
    Australian Aid
    International Labour Organization

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The sample design of the Timor-Leste LFS 2013 was developed in two stages: first a stratified sample of enumeration areas was taken from the census sampling frame, followed by listing all private households in the sample enumeration areas; and the second stage drew 15 sample private households in each sample enumeration for interviewing.
    Private households exclude population living in military barracks, penal institutions, dormitories of schools and universities, religious institutions, hospitals and so forth. For the armed forces, this means that they were included if they lived as members of a private household, but excluded if living in dormitories, barracks or similar accommodation.

    Sample size is divided in three parts such as:

    • East: Lautem, Baucau, Viqueque, Manatuto
    • Central: Dili, Aileu, Ermera, Ainaro, Manufahi
    • West: Liquica, Bobonaro, Covalima, Oecusse (Otonom).
    Response Rate

    98.6%

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    There are 82 questions in the questionnaire that are group into two items:
    A. Household questionnaire (roster)
    B. Individual questionnaire (administered to all household members 10 years old and above)

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2013-10-05 2013-12-05
    Data Collection Notes

    Survey interviewing was carried out with 13 teams composed of one supervisor, three interviewers and one driver. They were recruited from outside the General Directorate of Statistics through newspaper advertisements. They received five days of training: three days for classroom training, one day for pilot interviewing and one day for evaluation.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Editing at this stage involved a review of the questionnaire regarding its filled-in contents, which included ensuring that there were no missing blocks of information for household members aged 15 years old and over, and no incorrect coding of occupation, branch of economic activity and other variables.

    Data appraisal

    Estimates of Sampling Error

    The sampling error of an estimate is based on the difference between the estimate and the value that would have been obtained on the basis of a complete population count under otherwise identical conditions. it is decomposed into two components: (i) sampling bias; and (ii) sampling variance.

    Access policy

    Location of Data Collection

    ILO Microdata Repository

    Archive where study is originally stored

    ILO Microdata Repository
    http://www.ilo.org/surveydata/index.php/catalog/1163
    Cost: None

    Data Access

    Access conditions

    Data are to be taken from the Household Questionnaire

    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:

    General Directorate of Statistics of Timor Leste. Timor Leste Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2013. Ref.TLS_2013_LFS_v01_M. 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
    General Directorate of Statistics

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_TLS_2013_LFS_v01_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Department of Statistics International Labour Organization Documentation of the DDI
    Date of Metadata Production

    2016-07-13

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (June 2016)
    Version 02 (September 2016): Edited version based on Version 01 DDI (DDI_TLS_2013_LFS_v01_M_ILO) that was done by International Labour organization.

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