{"type":"survey","doc_desc":{"title":"BGR_2011_LFS_v01_M","idno":"DDI_BGR_2011_LFS_v01_M_WB","producers":[{"name":"Development Data Group","abbreviation":"DECDG","affiliation":"The World Bank","role":"Documentation of the DDI"}],"prod_date":"2014-03-12","version_statement":{"version":"Version 1 (March 2014)"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"BGR_2011_LFS_v01_M","title":"Labour Force Survey 2011","alt_title":"LFS 2011"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"National Statistical Institute","affiliation":""}],"study_info":{"coll_dates":[{"start":"2011-09-14","end":"","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Bulgaria","abbreviation":"BGR"}],"abstract":"The objective of Bulgaria Labour Force Survey 2011 is to provide information on the economic activity of the population of 15 years of age and over and on the most important characteristics of employed and unemployed persons and persons not in the labour force.","geog_coverage":"National","analysis_unit":"- Households;\n- Individuals.","universe":"Whole population excluding the following groups: Persons living in institutions and persons living in indigenous areas.\nThe usual residents present and the usual residents temporarily absent.\nThe labour related questions of the survey relate to the population of 15 years old and over.","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"The scope of the Labour Force Survey 2011 includes:\n- Demographic characteristics: age, sex, marital status, place\/country of birth, nationality, educational attainment, relationship to household head, disability;\n- Main labour related characteristics: employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, training received;\n- 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, 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, registration as unemployed, receipt of unemployment benefits, reasons for not being in the labour force, transition from school to work, transition from work to retirement.","study_scope":"The scope of the Labour Force Survey 2011 includes:\n- Demographic characteristics: age, sex, marital status, place\/country of birth, nationality, educational attainment, relationship to household head, disability;\n- Main labour related characteristics: employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, training received;\n- 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, 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, registration as unemployed, receipt of unemployment benefits, reasons for not being in the labour force, transition from school to work, transition from work to retirement."},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"National Statistical Institute","affiliation":"","email":"","uri":"http:\/\/www.nsi.bg\/en"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Labor Force Survey [hh\/lfs]"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"National Statistical Institute","abbreviation":"NSI","affiliation":""}],"sampling_procedure":"Sampling frame: Population census\nThe sampling frame is updated: not updated with a specific frequency\nLowest level of geographic disaggregation for which reliable estimates of the unemployment rate can be produced and their frequency: 28 NUTS 3 districts (annual)\nThe sample is stratified: Yes\nVariables used for stratification: geographic region, urbanisation\nNumber of sampling stages: 2\nUltimate sampling units: households\nNumber of ultimate sampling units per sample area: 8\nSample size: 19504 ultimate sampling units per quarter\nSample fraction: 0.65% of the total population\nSample rotation takes place: at the ultimate sampling unit level only\nThe rotation system results in: the overlap between consecutive survey periods and the overlap between same periods one year apart\nPercentage of ultimate sampling units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds: 50%\nMaximum number of times an ultimate sampling unit is interviewed: 4","coll_mode":"Face-to-face [f2f]","coll_situation":"Main mode of data collection: face to face personal interview (paper and pencil)\nNumber of ultimate sampling units (USU) interviewed per interviewer per day: 4\nAverage duration of an interview per household member of working age: 15 minutes\nThe field staff is mainly: part of a permanent survey organisation\nRespondents' participation in the survey is compulsory: No\nUltimate sampling units that could not be identified are replaced: No\nUltimate sampling units that could not be contacted are replaced: No\nUltimate sampling units that refuse to participate are replaced: No","weight":"The sample is self-weighting: No\nWeighting factors used to adjust for: bench-marking (to ensure consistency between survey estimates and those from other reliable source(s), e.g. census)"},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"Percentage of all eligible ultimate sampling units that are interviewed: 82%\nPercentage of refusals in the total non-response: 4.5%"}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"National Statistical Institute","affiliation":"","email":"","uri":"http:\/\/www.nsi.bg\/en"}],"cit_req":"Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:\n- the Identification of the Primary Investigator\n- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)\n- the survey reference number\n- the source and date of download","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."}}},"data_files":[],"variables":[],"variable_groups":[]}