The first Labour Force Survey in Armenia was carried out in 1996-1998 within the framwork of UNDP. On a regular basis it started to be implemented since 2001 together with Integrated Living Conditions Survey (ILCS). Each year an ad-hoc module is added to LFS (child labor module, informal employment, etc.)
Abstract
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a statistical study of the households selected by the appropriate method. The objective of the survey is providing information on not only well-known employment and unemployment as well as providing comprehensive information on other standard indicators characterizing the country labour market.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
- Households
- Individuals
Version
Version Description
Version 01
Scope
Notes
The survey covers the following topics:
- general information
- employment
- main job/activity
- second (additional) job/activity
- working hours at main and second (additional) job/activity
- vocational education/training
- unemployment
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
Name
National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
Start
End
2016
2016
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The design of the questionnaire, used concepts, set of indicators and calculation methodology, sampling method basically comply with the definitions and concepts recommended by the ILO and Eurostat, while taking into account the peculiarities of their application in Armenia to the extent possible, at the same time, by providing the comparability with the international similar indicators.
Access policy
Contacts
Name
Email
URL
National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name)
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online)
Example:
National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia. Armenia Labor Force Survey (LFS) 2016, Ref. ARM_2016_LFS_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.