THA_2015_LFS-Q3_v01_M DDI_THA_2015_LFS-Q3_v01_M Regional Economic and Social Analysis Unit/ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific 2016-05-09 Nesstar Publisher Labour Force Survey 2015 Third Quarter LFS-Q3 2015 THA_2015_LFS-Q3_v01_M National Statistical Office of Thailand (NSO) Nesstar Publisher Government of Thailand National Statistical Office of Thailand Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs] Labor force statistics have been compiled by the National Statistical Office since 1963 when the survey was initiated. During the year 1984-1997 three rounds of the survey for the whole kingdom were conducted each year. The first round enumeration is held in February coinciding with the non-agricultural season; the second round is normally held in May, in which month students who just finish their schooling enter into labour force; the third round is held in August, during the agricultural season. Commencing from the year 1998, another round of the survey in November has been conducted. v01 Thailand National Population resident in private and collective households. Individuals ages 15 and over. Sample survey data [ssd] National Statistical Office of Thailand Face-to-face [f2f] Labor force information for this quarterly survey, which was conducted during the 1st-12th of July-September 2015, was obtained through interviews with head or member of households of 4,800 households in the Bangkok, 48,960 households in other municipal areas and 34,920 households in non-municipal areas or a total of 83,880 households throughout the kingdom. Fourty four enumerators with previous experience in survey operations were employed in the Bangkok, while in the other provinces (changwats), the field staff comprised 830 enumerators. ILO Microdata Repository 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. LFS Q3 2558.NSDstat 0 66 Nesstar 200801 Region 0 0 1 Bangkok 2 Central (excl. Bangkok) 3 North 4 Northeast 5 South Changwat/Province 0 0 Administrative area 0 0 1 Municipal 2 Non-municipal No. of Sample EA 0 0 EA set 0 0 Sample set 0 0 Month 0 0 Year 0 0 Household number 0 0 Type of household 0 0 1 Private hh 2 Special (Specify) Number of persons in the household (Enumeration) 0 0 Number of persons in the household (Listing) 0 0 Enumeration 0 0 Number 0 0 Relationship to head of household 0 0 0 Special household member 1 Head 2 Spouse 3 Children (unmarried) 4 Children (married) 5 Child-in-law 6 Grandchildren 7 Parents, parents-in-law 8 Other relatives 9 Non-relatives/servants Sex 0 0 1 Male 2 Female Age 0 0 Marital status 0 0 1 Single 2 Married 3 Widowed 4 Divorced 5 Separated 6 Married but unknown status School attendance 0 0 1 No study Education attainment (level) 0 0 Subject of education attainment 0 0 No. of years required to complete the course 0 0 No. of months required to complete the course 0 0 Subject for highest education completed 0 0 1 Academic (ordinary) 2 Vocational 3 Teaching education Employed during 7 days before interview or not 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Not work during 7 days before interview but receive wage 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Have a job or business to return to 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Time not work 0 0 1 Less than or equal to 2 months 2 More than 2 months Seek job or apply for job (30 days before interview) 0 0 1 Yes, for 7 days 2 Yes, for 8-30 days 3 No Method to seek job or apply for job (7 days before interview) 0 0 1 Newspaper/Magazine 2 Radio/TV 3 Seeking assistance from friend/relative 4 Seeking at a public employment authority 5 Direct application 6 Sending application to employers 7 Internet 8 Others (specify) 9 Unknown Availability to work during 7 days before interview 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Reason not available 0 0 1 Household work 2 Studying 3 Seasonal worker 4 Too young, old age 5 Illness, disability 6 Resting 7 Retired 8 Other (specify) Reason not seeking 0 0 1 Believe no work available 2 Can't find any work 3 Don't know how or where to seek work 4 Can't find suitable work 5 Unsuitable weather 6 Others (spec.) 9 Unknown Period of actively seeking/available to work 0 0 1 Less than 1 month 2 1 - 2.9 months 3 3 - 5.9 months 4 6 - 8.9 months 5 9 - 11.9 months 6 More than 11.9 months 9 Unknown Worked before or not 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Reason for leaving last job 0 0 1 Business/establishment discontinued by employer 2 End of contract 3 Fired 4 Resigned 5 Quit/Stop/Closed business 6 Out of work contract/work is over 7 Other (specify) 9 Unknown Duration of unemployment 0 0 1 Less than 1 month 2 1 - 2.9 months 3 3 - 5.9 months 4 6 - 8.9 months 5 9 - 11.9 months 6 More than 11.9 months 9 Unknown Type of work or business (4-dgt equivalent to ISCO-08) 0 0 Kind of business or industry of this job (4-dgt TSIC 2009) 0 0 Work status 0 0 1 Employer 2 Own account worker 3 Unpaid family worker 4 Government employee 5 Government enterprise employee 6 Private enterprise employee 7 Employee working many places 8 Member of cooperative Size of establishment 0 0 1 1-4 people 2 5-9 people 3 10-19 people 4 20-49 people 5 50-99 people 6 100-199 people 7 200 or more 9 Unknown No. of actual hour work of main occupation (record in F23) 0 0 98 98 or more hours No. of actual hour work of other occupations 0 0 98 98 or more hours No. of total hours of work 0 0 98 98 or more hours Had time and wanted more hours of work 0 0 1 Yes 2 No No. of additional work hours wanted 0 0 Seek or apply for additional work 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Reason not want to work 0 0 1 Machinery/equipment being repaired 2 Reduced capacity/working time 3 On strike 4 Believe could not find additional work 5 Illness 6 Unfavourable weather 7 Lack of funding/financing resources 8 Others (specify) 9 Unknown Type of wage 0 0 1 Hourly 2 Daily 3 Weekly 4 Monthly 5 Other (specify) 6 Don't know 7 Non-monetary Wage received per hour, day or week (baht) 0 0 99998 99,998 and over 99999 Don't know Average wage received per month 0 0 99998 99,998 and over 99999 Don't know Bonus (in the 12 months before interview) 0 0 Average overtime per month (30 days before interview) 0 0 Others per month, Money (30 days before interview) 0 0 99998 99,998 and over 99999 Don't know Others per month, Food (30 days before interview) 0 0 99998 99,998 and over 99999 Don't know Others per month, Clothing(30 days before interview) 0 0 99998 99,998 and over 99999 Don't know Others per month, Housing (30 days before interview) 0 0 99998 99,998 and over 99999 Don't know Others per month, Other (30 days before interview) 0 0 99998 99,998 and over 99999 Don't know Last member of the household 0 0 Recode Work 0 0 Level of Educational Attainment 0 0 blank 0 0 Weight 0 0 blank 0 0 Member of this household? 0 0 1 Yes 2 No Running Number 0 0