VNM_2015_LFS-Q1_v01_M DDI_VNM_2015_LFS-Q1_v01_M ILO Country Office for Vietnam 2016-02-23 Nesstar Publisher Labour Force Survey 2015 First Quarter LFS-Q1 2015 VNM_2015_LFS-Q1_v01_M General Statistics Office of Vietnam Nesstar Publisher Government of Vietnam Department of Population and Labor Statistics ILO Department of Statics Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs] v01: Edited, anonymised dataset for pubic distribution Vietnam National coverage The survey covered all women and men aged 15 and above resident of the household, including household members who served in the armed forces (military or policy and similar residing in the household. Those family members who served in armed forces but did not live in the household were excluded. Sample survey data [ssd] Provincial Department of Statistics Face-to-face [f2f] The Questionnaire consisted of three sections with 64 questions.A household questionnaire was administered in each household, which collected various information on household members including sex, age, relationship, marital status, education and qualification, work activity in the last 7 days, current and previous work, reasons for work break, working hours and remuneration, unemployment and under-employment statu, work mobility and reasons. The data was collected by the interviewers in the face-to-face interviews. For the household members who were temporarily absent, interviewers could ask other members of the household or use the official document provided by his/her relatives or local government to fill into the questionnaire. ILO Microdata Repository 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. quy 1_2015 _final_eng.NSDstat 0 73 Nesstar 200801 Province 0 0 District 0 0 Location 0 0 Household ID 0 0 Survey month 0 0 STT 0 0 Relationship to the head of household 0 0 1 Head 2 Spouse/Partner 3 Son/Daughter 4 Mother/Father 5 Other Relative 6 Other unrelated person Sex 0 0 1 Male 2 Female Month of birth 0 0 98 Don't know Year of birth 0 0 9998 Don't know Age 0 0 Eligible surveyed respondent of 15 years old and above residing in VN 0 0 1 Not eligible 2 Eligible Urban or Rural areas 0 0 1 Urban 2 Rural Marital status 0 0 1 Single/Not yet married 2 Married 3 Widow 4 Divorced 5 Separated Length of current residence 0 0 1 Less than one month 2 from 1 to less 6 month 3 from 6 to less 12 months 4 from 12 months to less 5 years 5 above 5 years Previous commune/ward of residence 0 0 1 Ward/Town 2 Commune Previous province/city of residence 0 0 Reason for moving to current place of residence 0 0 1 seeking for job 2 start a new job 3 loose job/not find a job 4 follow the family/retired 5 married 6 move to a new house 7 improve the living standards 8 study 9 Other Highest level of education 0 0 1 Never attended school 2 Less than primary 3 Primary 4 Lower secondary 5 Upper secondary/high school 6 Vocational/Post secondary non tertiary 7 College 8 Undergraduate 9 Post-graduate Highest level of vocational cetificates 0 0 1 Not any vocational certificates 2 technical worker without certificates 3 Vocational skills less 3 month 4 Certificate for less 3 month training 5 Primary VT certificate 6 Secondary VT certificate 7 Tertiary VT certificate paid work above 1 hour during last 7 days 0 0 1 Yes 2 No earned income activity above 1 hour during last 7 days 0 0 1 Yes 2 No unpaid work to create income for family during last 7 days 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Reasons for not working during last 7 days 0 0 1 Temporary lay off/work break 2 Student/Training 3 Long term disability/No work ability 4 Too old/Too young 5 Doing housework 6 Seeking/waiting for/Lost job 7 Other Reasons for temporary workbreak 0 0 1 Shift work 2 Vacation/Holiday 3 Temporary sickness/illness 4 Maternity/Paternity leave 5 Study/Training 6 Personal leave 7 Workbreak/Nature of work 8 Temporary break of production 9 Bad weather 10 Seasonal work 11 Rapairing/Prepare for work launching 12 Other Being paid or earn income during unworking period 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Will return to the same job/business 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Expected timing to return to the same job 0 0 1 Less 1 month 2 From 1 to less 3 months 3 From 3 months and above 4 Not identified Main work during last 7 days before break 0 0 Main activity/product during last 7 days before break 0 0 Type of business where working 0 0 -2 -2.00 1 farming/aquaculture household 2 owned account 3 household business 4 cooperative 5 non-state enterprises 6 non-state agency 7 state agency 8 gov institution 9 public/civil service 10 state owned enterprise 11 Foreign business 12 Other type of business -1 -1.00 (Missing) Purpose of produced products and services 0 0 1 Only for sale/exchange 2 Mainly for sale/exchange 3 Mainly for internal use 4 Only for internal use Business registration 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Regular place of work 0 0 1 Office station 2 Own house/customer's house 3 Market/shopping center 4 Fixed outdoor place 5 Mobility Position of work 0 0 1 owner 2 owned account 3 family worker 4 cooperative member 5 paid worker 9 9.00 (Missing) Type of work contract/agreement 0 0 1 no limit of time 2 1 to less 3 years 3 3 months to less 1 year 4 less 3 months 5 oral agreement 6 no contract/agreement Reason for signing/not having contract 0 0 1 on probation/training 2 internship 3 seasonal work 4 daily or for completion of a task 5 help for substitute another 6 follow the employer's regulations 7 Other Type of payment/income from work 0 0 1 fixed salary 2 per hour 3 per produced products 4 by revenues 5 fixed salary and revenues 6 by revenues and cost balance 7 other Being covered with social insurance 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Type of covered social insurance 0 0 1 Obligatory SI 2 Voluntery SI Temporary nature of work while waiting for another job 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Having actively searched for another job within last 30 days 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Means of searching for job 0 0 1 direct application 2 contact employment advisory center 3 through friends/relatives 4 advertise in job seeking 5 screen recruitment announcement 6 attend recruitment interview 7 seek for informal job 8 prepare for lanching production activity 9 Other Length of current work 0 0 1 Less 6 months 2 6 to less 12 months 3 1 to less 5 years 4 5 to less 10 years 5 10 years and above Work activity before current work 0 0 1 Did other work 2 Waiting for job/seasonal break 3 Seeking for job 4 Other Reasons for stop previous work 0 0 1 Reform/reduce personnel 2 company dissolution 3 temporary cease of production 4 being fired 5 contract expiration 6 low income 7 lost of land use for production 8 not suitable job 9 change of residence 10 other Total payment received for last working month 0 0 The included subsidies and other benefits within the said total payment 0 0 The actual working hours during last 7 days 0 0 The average working hours per week 0 0 Any additional work/job to earn income during last 7 days 0 0 1 Yes 2 No The total income from both main job and additional work for last working month 0 0 The actural working hours during last 7 days of both main and additional work 0 0 The average working hours per week of both main and additional work 0 0 Reasons for working less/more than the average weekly working hours during the last 7 days 0 0 1 Sickness 2 Vacation/holiday 3 Newly started work 4 Leaving/loosing job 5 Bad weather/seasonal break 6 shift work 7 Lost of land use for production 8 Personal leaving/Busy with family issues 9 Less orders/customers 10 increased amount of work 11 strike 12 Start/stop/change job 13 Other Willing to work more hours given the current situation 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Readiness to work more hours 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Hours wished to work more per week 0 0 Having actively searched for job or prepared for production during last 30 days 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Means of searching for job or preparing for work 0 0 1 direct application 2 contact employment advisory center 3 through friends/relatives 4 advertise as job seeking 5 screen recruitment announcement 6 attend recruitment interview 7 seek for informal job 8 prepare for lanching production activity 9 Other Length of time searching for job 0 0 1 less 1 month 2 1 to less 3 month 3 3 months and above Reasons for not looking for jobs during last 30 days 0 0 1 too old/too young/disable 2 doing housework 3 study 4 Don't want/don't need to work 5 don't think/find suitable job 6 Don't know where and how to look for job 7 temporary break due to cease of production 8 waiting for job or starting business 9 seasonal break 10 bad weather 11 Family care/relax 12 illness/sickness 13 other Readiness for working next week if found 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Reasons for not ready to start working next week 0 0 1 study 2 family care 3 bad weather 4 temporary illness 5 other Having been working previously 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Length of time since leaving previous job 0 0 1 less 1 month 2 1 to less 3 month 3 3 months to less 1 year 4 1 to less 5 years 5 5 years and above Reasons for leaving the previous job 0 0 1 Reform/reduce personnel 2 company dissolution 3 temporary cease of production 4 being fired 5 contract expiration 6 low income 7 lost of land use for production 8 not suitable job 9 change of residence 10 Retired 11 other Main job having work previously 0 0 Main product/service of the previous business/place where having worked 0 0 Position of work in the previous job 0 0 1 owner 2 owned account 3 family worker 4 cooperative member 5 paid worker Type of business of the previous job 0 0 1 farming/aquaculture household 2 owned account 3 household business 4 cooperative 5 non-state enterprises 6 non-state agency 7 state agency 8 gov institution 10 public/civil service 11 Foreign business 12 other type of organization 0 0 Work activity 0 0