DDI_AZE_2011_LFS_v01_M_WB Development Data Group 2014-03-24 NADA Version 1 (March 2014) Labour Force Survey 2011 LFS 2011 AZE_2011_LFS_v01_M State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan NADA State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs] Year when the survey was conducted for the first time: 2003 Years when significant methodological changes were introduced: 2005, 2009, 2011 The objective of Azerbaijan Labour Force Survey 2011 is to monitor the labour market and get reliable statistical information on the country's labour market. Azerbaijan National Persons of 15 years of age or older - Whole population excluding the following groups: Armed forces, non-settled population, persons living in institutions and persons under treatment in hospitals for 6 month and more. - The usual residents present and the usual residents temporarily absent. Sample survey data [ssd] The scope of the Labour Force Survey 2011 includes: - Demographic characteristics: age, sex, marital status, educational attainment, relationship to household head, disability; - Main labour related characteristics: employment, unemployment, underemployment, hours of work, informal employment, absence from work; - Other labour related characteristics: industry, occupation, status in employment, institutional sector (public/private), 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, registration as unemployed, reasons for not being in the labour force. State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sampling frame: Population census The sampling frame is updated: not updated with a specific frequency Lowest level of geographic disaggregation for which reliable estimates of the unemployment rate can be produced and their frequency: Region (quarterly) The sample is stratified: Yes Variables used for stratification: geographic region, urbanisation, household size Number of sampling stages: 2 Ultimate sampling units: households Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area: 196 Sample fraction: 0.2% of the total population Face-to-face [f2f] Main mode of data collection: face to face personal interview (paper and pencil) Number of ultimate sampling units (USU) interviewed per interviewer per day: 5 Average duration of an interview per household member of working age: 20 minutes The field staff is mainly: recruited specifically for the survey Duration of training on the survey for newly recruited interviewers: 3 day(s) Respondents' participation in the survey is compulsory: No Ultimate sampling units that could not be identified are replaced: Yes Ultimate sampling units that could not be contacted are replaced: Yes Ultimate sampling units that refuse to participate are replaced: Yes The sample is self-weighting: Yes Weighting factors used to adjust for: sample design Percentage of all eligible ultimate sampling units that are interviewed: 100% Percentage of refusals in the total non-response: 0% State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan 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 Example: The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijan Labour Force Survey 2011. Ref. AZE_2011_LFS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [source] on [date]. 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.