Labour Force Survey 2011
Serbia, 2011
Identification
SRB_2011_LFS_v01_M
Labour Force Survey 2011
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Serbia | SRB |
Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
Labour Force Survey was carried out in our country for the first time in 1994, as a pilot survey, and since 1995 this has been conducted as a regular annual survey.
In previous surveys, the frame for sample selection was the 1991 Census of population, households and dwellings and the survey sample included about 3900 households.
The frame for sample selection for the 2004 Labour Force Survey was the 2002 Census, and the survey was carried out on a sample of over 6500 households.
In 2008 revised were the questionnaire and the methodological guidelines for the LFS in accordance with the latest recommendations by Eurostat, because of the necessity to conduct Labour Force Survey twice a year (in April and October).
Labour Force Survey is a survey envisaged to collect the data on the main features of labour force, based on which we estimate the total labour force in the country. The principal objective of the study is to provide for the data on three main, independent contingents of population: employed, unemployed and inactive persons. The study specially takes into account the working-age population (aged 15-64) and the data collected are used to monitor, to measure and to assess the economic and social trends in the Republic of Serbia.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Household
- Individual aged 15-64
Scope
Topics covered:
Demographic characteristics: age, sex, marital status, place/country of birth, nationality, ethnicity, place/country of previous residence, educational attainment, relationship to household head.
Main labour related characteristics: employment, unemployment, underemployment, hours of work, wages, employment related benefits, employment in informal sector, informal employment, social security coverage, training received, usual activity, production for own final use by the household, voluntary work, absence from work.
Other labour related characteristics: industry, occupation, status in employment, institutional sector (public/private), size of establishment, full time/part time status, permanency of the job, working time arrangements, type of workplace, duration of employment, existence of more than one job, characteristics of the second job(s), duration of unemployment, previous working experience, characteristics of the last job, search for another job, reasons for seeking another job, methods of looking for work, reasons for not being in the labour force.
Coverage
National coverage
The usual residents present and the usual residents temporarily absent. Whole population excluding the following groups: Armed forces and persons living in institutions.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia | Government of the Republic of Serbia |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of the Republic of Serbia | Funded the study |
Sampling
Sample Plan
Rotation panel sample was applied and it provides the optimum sample efficiency for estimating changes and mean values through repeated measurements. The sample is designed in a way that the survey can be carried out several times a year (biannually, quarterly and all year round).
Basic set includes all households and persons that work or reside for one year and more on the territory of the Republic of Serbia. Excluded are persons that live abroad for more than one year and persons in institutional households (students' homes, homes for children and young people with developmental disability, homes for socially imperilled children, old / retired people homes, homes for adults with disability, monasteries, nunneries, etc.).
Type of sample - Two-stage, stratified sample. The first stage units are enumeration areas and the second stage units are households.
Stratification. Enumeration areas, as primary units, are stratified by the type of settlement (urban and other) and by territory covered by administrative districts. The central Serbia administrative districts are Belgrade municipalities, Macva, Kolubara, Podunavlje, Branicevo, Šumadija, Pomoravlje, Bor, Zajecar, Zlatibor, Moravica, Raška, Rasina, Nišava, Toplica, Pirot, Jablanica and Pcinja administrative district. The administrative districts of Vojvodina are North Backa, Central Banat, North Banat, South Banat, West Backa, South Backa and Srem administrative district.
Frame for sample selection for the first stage is the list of enumeration areas with 20 or more households and for the second stage the frame is made of the lists of households for the selected enumeration areas. The sample was reduced by 1% in relation to the basic set.
Sample size. For 2011 survey the sample included 18616 households. The anticipated sample size is increased for 1432 households in relation to 2010. The sample was increased in order to reduce the effect of non-responsiveness, which is considerably influenced by the repeated interviewing of households. The number of enumeration areas selected for the sample remained unchanged, i.e. 2148. In enumeration areas that are the first time selected for the sample in 2011 we selected 10 households in each, and in the repeated enumeration areas we selected 8 households in each. The sample size for biannual surveys equalled 1074 enumeration areas, i.e. 9308 households.
The basic weight resulting from the applied sampling design was corrected to allow for non-response. In order that estimates of totals (of number of persons) should comply with the current demographic estimations, we implemented post-stratification by age (below 14, 15 and over) and by administrative districts, according to the estimated number of persons for the referent period, which corresponds to the basic set observed by the survey.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2011-04-04 | 2011-04-10 |
| 2011-10-24 | 2011-10-30 |
In 2011 the LFS was conducted twice: in November and in April. The period of observation for October anticipated the time from 24 – 30 October 2011, and the interviews were carried out from 31 October to 13 November 2011. In April, the period of observation was from 4 – 10 April 2011, while the interviews were conducted from 11 – 24 April 2011.
Method of collection is different: in the Labour Force Survey the data are collected from the persons, i.e. members of the households selected for the sample, while the data from administrative sources are collected from the reports by enterprises, institutions, cooperatives or other organizations.
Data appraisal
Estimated were the total and average values and the respective errors, for the Republic of Serbia – total, and NUTS 2 level (Region of Belgrade, Region of Vojvodina, Region of Šumadija and West Serbia, region of South and East Serbia, Region of Kosovo and Metohija).
Sampling errors are published for the main population features only (main population features, and employment and unemployment). Along with coefficient of variation (CV), as relative measures of estimation reliability (%), provided are also 95% intervals of confidence for the parameters.
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 | URL | |
|---|---|---|
| Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia | stat@stat.gov.rs | http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/Default.aspx |
Metadata production
DDI_SRB_2011_LFS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Metadata preparation |
2014-09-29
Metadata version
Version 01 (September 2014)