Labour Force Survey 2003
Latvia, 2003
Identification
LVA_2003_LFS_v01_M
Labour Force Survey 2003
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Latvia | LVA |
Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
The Latvian LFS was carried out for the first time in November 1995 and until 2001 was conducted twice a year in May and November with interviewers posing questions to persons living in households and aged 15 years and over. Beginning in 2002, the respondents` households are surveyed every week throughout the whole year and questions on economic activity are posed to persons aged from 15 to 74 years.
The survey was designed in order to follow the international concepts and definitions and to reach the harmonisation, in terms of concepts and methodology, with the market economy countries.
The main obective of the survey was to obtain information on the labour status of Latvian population, i.e., employed, unemployed by age, sex , educational level, kind of economic activity, occupation in the current (for the employed) or last (for unemployed) job, etc.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Household
- Person age 15-74
Scope
The 2003 Latvia Labour Force Survey covered the following topics:
- Annotations of interviewer
- Demographic background of all household members
- Person's relationship to job during the reference week
- Characteristics of main job
- Number of hours worked in the main job
- Previous work experience of persons not in employment
- Search for employment
- A typical work in the main job
- Characteristics of secondary job
- Economic activity
- Education and training
- Situation one year before survey
- Income
- Characteristics of the interview
Coverage
National coverage
The target population includes all the residents aged from 15 to 74 years, who permanently live in Latvia. People temporary absent from home one year and longer are excluded from the survey.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) | Ministry of Economics, Republic of Latvia |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Governement of Republic of Latvia | Funding the study |
Sampling
Sample design and rotation pattern
Starting from January 2002 significant changes in the sample design is made for LFS of Latvia- this survey is carried out as a continuous one.
Sample design is two-stage stratified sample. Households are stratified by the degree of urbanisation (Riga, the capital city; 6 other largest cities; towns; rural areas). As a rule census counting areas are used as the primary sampling units in both - urban and rural territories.
The annual household sample is evenly distributed over time (same number of households participate in the survey within each of 52 weeks of the year). The developed sampling procedures guarantee that within each quarter sample of PSUs is evenly distributed over space, too. From one to the next week sampled PSUs are completely rotated. Within each stratum the sample of PSUs can be subdivided into three equally sized sub-samples: one of them contains PSUs included in the sample first time, another contains PSUs included in the sample second time, and the last one contains PSUs included in the sample third time. Altogether within each selected PSU sample of households is taken 3 times with a 26 weeks' time shift. It offers an opportunity to keep each selected household in the sample of the LFS exactly 3 times with 6 months time shift as it is done in the current LFS.
Base used for the sample
The Population Census 2000 was used as the frame of labour force survey. The frame was updated with information from the Population Register and the statistical register of farms/households.
Size of the sample
Size of the quarterly sample was 2574 households in 2003.
Brief description of the method of calculating the weights
· Is the expansion factor to (Census) population totals or the target population totals (e.g., without institutional population)?
· Be specific as to which age groups, regions (levels) etc. are used in the calculation of the weights.
The initial weights are calculated according to the sample design, with all persons within the same PSU having equal design weights. The design weights are adjusted using the data of response level in each PSU. These weights were then adjusted on the basis of demographic data. The breakdown into groups was various for adjustment of quarterly and yearly weights. Demographic data were broken down by degree of urbanisation (as in stratification), 14 age groups (0-14; 15-19; 20-24; 25-29; 30-34; 35-39; 40-44; 45-49; 50-54; 55-59; 60-64; 65-69; 70-74; over 75) and sex for adjustment of the quarterly weights. Demographic data were broken down by degree of urbanisation (as in stratification), NUTS-4 (33 units), 14 age groups (0-14; 15-19; 20-24; 25-29; 30-34; 35-39; 40-44; 45-49; 50-54; 55-59; 60-64; 65-69; 70-74; over 75) and sex for adjustment of the yearly weights. All persons within the same household have equal initial weights, but the final weights tend to be diverse.
Survey instrument
The questionnaire is divided into two parts:
- household questionnaire
- individual questionnaire.
The household questionnaire is related to the household identification and changes against the previous survey wave and collects mainly demographic information of all members of the household, including those aged less than 15 years and more than 74 years.
The individual questionnaire, is dedicated only to the household members aged from 15 to 74 years. The questions are focussed on employment (both main job and secondary job), unemployment, previous working experience, education or training, the situation one year ago and main sources of person's income. Question on wage intervals refer to the previous calendar month and is designed for national purposes in order to get a better description of the time actually worked and the corresponding level of wages.
Data are collected throughout the year with identical questionnaires.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 2003 |
Each household is surveyed three times with 6 month interval. For data collection, 43 interviewers are trained.
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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Bureau | Ministry of Economics | csb@csb.gov.lv | http://www.csb.gov.lv/en |
| Information Centre | Central Statistical Bureau | ic@csb.gov.lv | http://www.csb.gov.lv/en |
Metadata production
DDI_LVA_2003_LFS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Metadata preparation |
2014-08-22
Metadata version
Version 01 (August 2014)