ARM_2015_LFS_v01_M DDI_ARM_2016_LFS_v01_M_WB Development Economics Data Group 2018-02-22 Nesstar Publisher Version 01 (February 2018) Labour Force Survey 2016 LFS 2016 ARM_2016_LFS_v01_M National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia Nesstar Publisher National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia Poverty - GP Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs] 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.) Version 01 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. Armenia National Sample survey data [ssd] Face-to-face [f2f] 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. 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_2016.NSDstat Armenia 2016 Labour Force Survey data 28516 138 Nesstar 200801 Questionnaire number 28516 0 1 649 1 42 2 42 3 36 4 43 5 38 6 40 7 33 8 39 9 43 10 36 11 48 12 37 13 30 14 33 15 39 16 53 17 52 18 52 19 54 20 41 21 29 22 43 23 42 24 38 25 38 26 35 27 38 28 46 29 38 30 45 31 37 32 48 33 42 34 32 35 41 36 47 37 47 38 43 39 42 40 39 41 38 42 42 43 45 44 56 45 38 46 24 47 28 48 34 49 37 50 44 51 44 52 39 53 41 54 36 55 30 56 43 57 39 58 35 59 36 60 50 61 40 62 36 63 40 64 38 65 45 66 35 67 44 68 43 69 45 70 44 71 43 72 52 73 37 74 36 75 32 76 47 77 48 78 35 79 40 80 33 81 39 82 41 83 30 84 38 85 50 86 34 87 40 88 45 89 37 90 36 91 44 92 35 93 43 94 44 95 42 96 47 97 38 98 42 99 34 100 38 101 44 102 41 103 37 104 36 105 40 106 40 107 40 108 39 109 37 110 42 111 52 112 41 113 50 114 51 115 55 116 40 117 50 118 39 119 41 120 45 121 37 122 51 123 57 124 41 125 32 126 36 127 49 128 44 129 39 130 40 131 45 132 41 133 40 134 36 135 42 136 46 137 37 138 42 139 67 140 45 141 49 142 32 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4 6060 5 5685 6 5172 7 2317 8 784 9 369 10 320 11 176 12 24 13 26 14 14 16 32 18 18 H/H members aged 15-75 28516 0 0 10 0 811 1 2394 2 7098 3 6946 4 7378 5 2608 6 879 7 229 8 108 9 47 10 18 Sequence number of H/H member 28516 0 1 18 1 7788 2 6629 3 5222 4 4040 5 2525 6 1388 7 526 8 195 9 97 10 56 11 24 12 8 13 6 14 4 15 3 16 3 17 1 18 1 Sex 28516 0 1 2 1 Male 13889 2 Female 14627 Relationship to H/H head 28516 0 1 11 1 H/H’s first registered member 7785 2 Wife / Husband / Spouse 4993 3 Daughter / Son 8637 4 Mother / Father 518 5 Sister / Brother 158 6 Daughter- in-law / Son- in-law 2113 7 Mother-in-law / Father-in-law 40 8 Grandmother / Grandfather 20 9 Grandchild 3926 10 Other relative (ig. great-grandchild) 199 11 Non-relative (ig. grandchild’s/ great grandchild’s husband/ 127 28516 0 0 12 0 71 1 3121 2 2298 3 2412 4 2333 5 2302 6 2273 7 2418 8 2424 9 2275 10 2427 11 2203 12 1959 28516 0 1916 2016 1916 1 1918 1 1919 1 1920 5 1921 4 1922 5 1923 5 1924 18 1925 19 1926 32 1927 38 1928 66 1929 74 1930 86 1931 63 1932 103 1933 74 1934 92 1935 175 1936 160 1937 180 1938 254 1939 254 1940 236 1941 152 1942 123 1943 76 1944 94 1945 123 1946 199 1947 220 1948 183 1949 240 1950 276 1951 276 1952 342 1953 326 1954 314 1955 413 1956 404 1957 429 1958 479 1959 432 1960 522 1961 479 1962 400 1963 411 1964 402 1965 380 1966 358 1967 325 1968 328 1969 304 1970 323 1971 324 1972 306 1973 295 1974 312 1975 374 1976 319 1977 335 1978 352 1979 389 1980 438 1981 405 1982 389 1983 400 1984 462 1985 418 1986 485 1987 419 1988 463 1989 416 1990 559 1991 477 1992 435 1993 387 1994 394 1995 406 1996 438 1997 362 1998 330 1999 324 2000 315 2001 269 2002 368 2003 343 2004 332 2005 343 2006 383 2007 329 2008 364 2009 374 2010 383 2011 378 2012 343 2013 381 2014 374 2015 377 2016 168 Educational level 26295 2221 1 9 1 Illiterate 245 2 No primary 1205 3 Primary 2039 4 Basic 2427 5 Secondary 10858 6 Vocational 734 7 Secondary specialized 4322 8 Tertiary 4433 9 Post-graduate 32 Sysmiss 2221 Age 28516 0 0 100 Marital status 23123 5393 1 4 1 Never married 5327 2 Married 14580 3 Widowed 2618 4 Divorced / Separated 598 Sysmiss 5393 Place of origin 28516 0 1 11 1 Yerevan 3632 2 RA other city 10548 3 RA village 12671 4 NKR 271 5 Georgia 352 6 Russia 223 7 CIS other country 344 8 Syria 44 9 European country 27 10 USA, Canada 4 11 Other 400 Citizenship 28516 0 1 11 1 RA 28059 2 RA other city 93 3 NKR 28 4 Georgia 14 5 Russia 275 6 CIS other country 13 7 Syria 4 8 European country 4 9 USA, Canada 7 10 Other 12 11 No 7 Is there an absent member in your H/H 28516 0 1 5 1 Less than 3 months 147 2 3 - 12 months 1311 3 1 - 3 years 596 4 3 and more years 226 5 No 26236 What is the main reason for the absence 2280 26236 1 5 1 Job 1534 2 Family circumstances 82 3 Permanent residence 168 4 Education / vocational study 112 5 Others 384 Sysmiss 26236 Which region or country did he/she go to? 2280 26236 1 17 1 Yerevan 180 2 Aragatsotn 10 3 Ararat 16 4 Armavir 8 5 Gegharkunik 15 6 Lori 36 7 Kotayk 13 8 Shirak 6 9 Syunik 22 10 6 11 Tavush 40 12 NKR 224 13 Russia 1572 14 Other CIS country 36 15 Europe 61 16 USA and Canada 11 17 Other 24 Sysmiss 26236 Indicate “1”in case there is a disabled member in your H/H 28516 0 1 2 1 Yes 1864 2 26652 During the last week did you have any gainful activity at least for an hour, even if you are a student or an unemployed, a housekeeper or a pensioner? 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 9515 2 No 9950 99 Refused to answer 0 Sysmiss 9051 Even though you did not have any gainful activity in the last week, do you have any paid work or a business that you were absent from and will definitely return to? 9950 18566 1 2 1 Yes 829 2 No 9121 99 Refused to answer 0 Sysmiss 18566 What was the main reason for your temporarily absence? 829 27687 1 13 1 Illness / injury / care of a sick family member 11 2 Vacation 118 3 Pregnancy / maternity/ paternity leave / parental leave 44 4 Education leave / vocational training 1 5 Work spesificity (i.e. shift work) 181 6 Child-care leave (up to 3 years) 65 7 Paid temporarily lay-off 3 8 Unpaid temporarily lay-off 8 9 End of a seasonal work 300 10 Lack of clients / customers/ suppliers 72 11 Reorganization/ suspension of work(bad weather, mechanical, 3 12 Going abroad 6 13 Other 17 99 Refused to answer 0 Sysmiss 27687 What will be the total duration of your absence from your job? 473 28043 1 4 1 Less than 3 months 87 2 3 - 6 months 170 3 6 months or more 134 4 It is difficult to answer 82 99 Refused to answer 0 Sysmiss 28043 What kind of work do you usually do in the main job/activity that you had last week? Describe your main tasks, duties, position (ISCO-88) 10127 18389 1 9 1 Legislators, senior officials, managers 572 2 Professionals 1271 3 Technicians professionals 864 4 Clerks 262 5 Service & sales workers 1376 6 Skilled agricultural workers 3601 7 Craft workers 954 8 Operators & assemblers 492 9 Elementary occupations 735 Sysmiss 18389 What kind of industry, business, service or activity is carried out at your place of work? Describe the the main goods / services produced at your place of work or its main functions. (NACE rev. 2) 10127 18389 1 21 1 A 3695 2 B 97 3 C 784 4 D 249 5 E 55 6 F 388 7 G 1087 8 H 310 9 I 215 10 J 139 11 K 124 12 L 12 13 M 96 14 N 57 15 O 926 16 P 1088 17 Q 441 18 R 128 19 S 184 20 T 38 21 U 14 Sysmiss 18389 Profession in Primary Job by 9 Groups (ISCO-88) 10127 18389 2 9 1 Top Managers 0 2 Professionals 2498 3 Technicians professionals 1943 4 Clerks 96 5 Service and sales workers 247 6 Skilled agricultural workers 112 7 Craft workers 512 8 Operators and assemblers 418 9 Unskilled 4301 Sysmiss 18389 Do you reach your main qualification, profession / professional skills by: 10127 18389 1 6 1 Regular vocational education (full-time, part-time) 4877 2 Short-tearm vocational training 412 3 Self-taught, experience / private entity learning 656 4 Other 6 5 Don’t have any profession 4174 6 Do not know / it is difficult to answer 2 Sysmiss 18389 Which of the following best describes your working status? 10127 18389 1 7 1 Employee with a written contract 4763 2 Employee with a verbal agreement 779 3 Employer (owner with permanent employees) 108 4 Own-account worker on a farm 3019 5 Other own-account worker 943 6 Unpaid family worker 514 7 Member of a producers’, consumers’ cooperative 1 8 Other 0 Sysmiss 18389 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Paid leave 5542 22974 1 3 1 Yes 4430 2 No 1059 3 It is difficult to answer 53 Sysmiss 22974 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Income tax 5542 22974 1 3 1 Yes 4764 2 No 722 3 It is difficult to answer 56 Sysmiss 22974 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Paid sick leave 5542 22974 1 3 1 Yes 4020 2 No 1422 3 It is difficult to answer 100 Sysmiss 22974 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Severance pay / redundancy pay 5542 22974 1 3 1 Yes 3333 2 No 1648 3 It is difficult to answer 561 Sysmiss 22974 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Premium pay for overtime and holiday work 5542 22974 1 3 1 Yes 272 2 No 5112 3 It is difficult to answer 158 Sysmiss 22974 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Medical insurance provided by the employer 5542 22974 1 3 1 Yes 1596 2 No 3818 3 It is difficult to answer 128 Sysmiss 22974 5542 22974 1 3 1 Yes 4107 2 No 1119 3 It is difficult to answer 316 Sysmiss 22974 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Child-care facilities 5542 22974 1 3 1 Yes 136 2 No 5336 3 It is difficult to answer 70 Sysmiss 22974 What benefits, guarantees do you receive / can you receive at your working place? Transport/ transport allowance 5542 22974 1 3 1 Yes 354 2 No 5148 3 It is difficult to answer 40 Sysmiss 22974 Is your business legally registered? 4585 23931 1 5 1 Yes 577 2 Is in the process of being registered 5 3 No 460 4 The activity has been implemented on a farm 3539 5 Do not want to answer 4 6 Do not know 0 Sysmiss 23931 What is the type of ownership of your workplace (including job on a farm)? 10127 18389 1 4 1 Public / community 2495 2 Non-governmental organization/ religious organization/ repre 100 3 Private enterprise (also farms) 7506 4 Private employer (who employs paid domestic workers: babysit 26 Sysmiss 18389 What is the legal status of your workplace? 7532 20984 1 8 1 PLC / LTD / LLC / Sole trader 3388 2 Registered cooperative 3 3 Individual activity (not registered) 505 4 Partnership (not registered) 6 5 Private household employing domestic staff (babysitter, hous 26 6 Farm 3590 7 Other 1 8 Do not know 13 Sysmiss 20984 Your enterprise / you usually produce goods or services: 7532 20984 1 3 1 Only for own use 1343 2 2099 3 Only for sale/ barter 4090 Sysmiss 20984 Percentage of production for own final use in main job 2101 26415 0 90 How many people do usually work in your workplace/organization (including you)? 7533 20983 1 7 1 Up to 5 4969 2 5 - 9 513 3 10 - 19 451 4 20 - 49 338 5 50 - 99 215 6 100 and more 554 7 Do not know / it is difficult to answer 493 Sysmiss 20983 How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In cash (after deductions) 8405 20111 0 15000000 How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In kind 8405 20111 0 4000000 Summary of wage / income information from Q. D14 7157 21359 1 6 1 Only cash net wage / income 5178 2 Only in-kind wage / income 950 3 Refused to answer 4 4 Do not know / it is difficulte to answer 6 5 Both cash and in-kind wage / income 685 6 Did not receive any wage / income 334 Sysmiss 21359 If you do not want to say the exact amount of your wage/ income during the last month, specify the approximate amount according to the below-mentioned table (after deductions) 1722 26794 1 9 1 Up to 55 000 AMD 123 2 55 000 AMD 50 3 699 4 110 001 - 220 000 AMD 366 5 220 001 - 440 000 AMD 65 6 440 001 - 600 000 AMD 11 7 600 001 - 700 000 AMD 6 8 Refused to answer 188 9 Do not know/ it is difficult to answer 214 Sysmiss 26794 What period were the wage / income for? 8033 20483 1 7 1 One day 2 2 One week 11 3 Two weeks / half a month 67 4 One month 7612 5 Six months 149 6 One year 152 7 Other 40 Sysmiss 20483 Do you think your education / qualification corresponds with your present job? 10127 18389 1 3 1 Yes, it does 8406 2 No, my qualification is higher 1629 3 No, my qualification is lower 92 Sysmiss 18389 Do you need an additional training in your present job? 10127 18389 1 3 1 Yes 863 2 No 9082 3 Do not know/ it is difficult to answer 182 Sysmiss 18389 What kind of job / activity do you have? 10127 18389 1 3 1 Permanent / unlimited 8336 2 Temporary / Seasonal 1686 3 Casual, one-time 105 Sysmiss 18389 Which of the following activities best describes your status during the last three months preceding the surveyed week? 10127 18389 1 8 1 Engaged in the same job 9575 2 Engaged in another job 109 3 Did not have any job & was looking for one 196 4 Was a student / was taking courses 25 5 Engaged in household chores/ family responsibilities 100 6 Was abroad for work 33 7 Was abroad for another purpose 8 8 Did not have any job / activity and was not looking for any 81 Sysmiss 18389 How long have you been engaged in your job / activity? 10126 18390 1 5 1 Up to 6 months 486 2 6 - 12 months 317 3 1 - 3 years 1433 4 3 - 5 years 1060 5 5 years and more 6830 Sysmiss 18390 10127 18389 1 2 1 Full-time / Overtime 6913 2 Part-time 3214 Sysmiss 18389 Why did you work part-time? 3214 25302 1 9 1 Do not want to take a full-time job 97 2 Student / taking courses 37 3 Ilness(own) / disability 58 4 Care of a child/ of a sick family member 50 5 Other personal/ family circumstances 215 6 Could not find a full-time job 494 7 On the initiative of the employer 211 8 Because of the nature/ seasonality of the job 2038 9 Other 14 Sysmiss 25302 Are you a member of a labour union or some other workers’ union at your workplace? 10126 18390 1 3 1 Yes 1252 2 No 8292 3 Do not know 582 Sysmiss 18390 In addition to your main job / activity did you have any other job/ activity you got/ will get income from (both in cash and in kind) during the last week including those which you were temporarily absent from during the reference week? 10127 18389 1 2 1 Yes 382 2 No 9745 Sysmiss 18389 What kind of work do you usually do in the second job/activity that you had last week? Describe the main tasks, duties, position (ISCO-88) 382 28134 1 9 1 Legislators, senior officials, managers 1 2 Professionals 30 3 Technicians professionals 13 4 Clerks 0 5 Service & sales workers 6 6 Skilled agricultural workers 295 7 Craft workers 6 8 Operators & assemblers 3 9 Elementary occupations 28 Sysmiss 28134 382 28134 1 20 1 A 312 2 B 0 3 C 4 4 D 0 5 E 1 6 F 5 7 G 10 8 H 2 9 I 2 10 J 2 11 K 1 12 L 0 13 M 2 14 N 1 15 O 5 16 P 18 17 Q 8 18 R 1 19 S 4 20 T 4 21 U 0 Sysmiss 28134 Which of the following best describes your working status? 382 28134 1 6 1 Employee with a written contract 38 2 Employee with a verbal agreement 21 3 Employer (owner with permanent employees) 1 4 Own-account worker on a farm 207 5 Other own-account worker 29 6 Unpaid family worker 86 7 Member of a producers’, consumers’ cooperative 0 8 Other 0 Sysmiss 28134 Is your business legally registered? 323 28193 1 4 1 Yes 3 2 Is in the process of being registered 0 3 No 25 4 The activity has been implemented on a farm 295 5 Do not want to answer 0 6 Do not know 0 Sysmiss 28193 What is the type of ownership of your workplace (including job on a farm)? 384 28132 1 3 1 Public / community 27 2 Non-governmental organization/ religious organization / repr 2 3 Private enterprise (also farms) 355 4 Private employer (who employs paid domestic workers: babysit 0 Sysmiss 28132 What is the legal status of your workplace? 354 28162 1 8 1 PLC, LTD, LLC, Private entrepreneur 17 2 Registered cooperative 0 3 Condominium 29 4 Individual business 0 5 Partnership 0 6 Private household employing domestic staff (babysitter, hous 306 7 Farm 0 8 Other 2 9 Do not know 0 Sysmiss 28162 How many people do usually work in your workplace/organization (including you) 354 28162 1 7 1 Up to 5 people 338 2 5 - 9 4 3 10 - 19 7 4 20 - 49 1 5 50 - 99 1 6 100 and more 1 7 Do not know/ it is difficult to answer 2 Sysmiss 28162 Your enterprise / you usually produce goods or services 354 28162 1 3 1 Only for own use 130 2 Partly for own use, partly for sale / barter 155 3 Only for sale/ barter 69 Sysmiss 28162 Percentage of production for own final use in second job 150 28366 3 80 How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In cash (after deductions) 358 28158 0 5500000 How much wage / income did you receive during the last month? In kind 358 28158 0 180000 Summary of wage / income information from Q. E32 367 28149 1 6 1 Only cash net wage / income 83 2 Only in-kind wage / income 84 3 Refused to answer 0 4 Do not know / it is difficulte to answer 4 5 Both cash and in-kind wage / income 35 6 Did not receive any wage / income 161 Sysmiss 28149 If you do not want to say the exact amount of your wage / income during the last month, specify the approximate amount according to the below-mentioned table (after deductions) 25 28491 1 9 1 Up to 55 000 AMD 3 2 55 000 AMD 2 3 10 4 110 001 - 220 000 AMD 3 5 220 001 - 440 000 AMD 1 6 440 001 - 600 000 AMD 0 7 600 001 AMD and more 0 8 Refused to answer 3 9 Do not know/ it is difficult to answer 3 Sysmiss 28491 What period was the wage / income for? 217 28299 1 7 1 One day 3 2 One week 11 3 Two weeks / half a month 5 4 One month 171 5 Six months 9 6 One year 9 7 Other 9 Sysmiss 28299 How long have you been engaged in your job / activity? 382 28134 1 7 1 Up to 3 months 29 2 3 - 6 months 4 3 6 - 9 months 12 4 9 - 12 months 13 5 1 - 2 years 297 6 2 - 3 years 1 7 3 years and more 26 Sysmiss 28134 What kind of job/ activity do you have? 383 28133 1 3 1 Permanent / unlimited 205 2 Temporary / Seasonal 162 3 Occasional, one-time 16 Sysmiss 28133 383 28133 1 2 1 Full-time / Overtime 21 2 Part-time 362 Sysmiss 28133 How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month at the MAIN job / activity? 10127 18389 2 112 How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month at the SECOND job / activity? 10127 18389 0 48 0 9744 2 4 3 7 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 7 8 13 9 2 10 50 12 19 14 25 15 36 16 15 18 11 20 94 21 14 22 1 24 21 25 9 26 3 28 19 30 15 35 4 40 1 48 1 Sysmiss 18389 How many hours did you usually work per week during the last worked month in TOTAL (row 1 + row 2)? 10127 18389 2 112 How many hours did you actually work during the last week at the MAIN job / activity? 10127 18389 0 112 How many hours did you actually work during the last week at the SECOND job / activity? 10127 18389 0 50 0 9773 2 5 3 8 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 14 9 1 10 61 12 16 14 19 15 31 16 15 17 1 18 7 20 65 21 10 22 1 24 21 25 8 26 5 28 17 30 14 32 1 35 3 40 4 50 2 Sysmiss 18389 How many hours did you actually work during the last week in TOTAL (row 1 + row 2)? 10127 18389 0 112 Why did you work less hours than usually during the last week? 2072 26444 1 12 1 Illness / injury / care of a sick family member 45 2 Vacation (also pregnancy leave / maternity / paternity leave 202 3 Holiday / day off 22 4 Temporarily lay-off 14 5 Education leave or training 3 6 Work spesificity (i.e. seasonal work, shift work, flexible w 1565 7 Lack of clients / customers / suppliers 145 8 Economic and technical reasons (shortage of raw materials / 17 9 End of job / new job 30 10 Going abroad 0 11 Program, project, assignment deadline, etc. 8 12 Other 21 Sysmiss 26444 Would you have liked to work more hours (for additional payment) than you actually worked during the last week? 10127 18389 1 4 1 Yes, work additional hours at the current workplace 300 2 Yes, find a second job 858 3 Yes, change the current job by another one working even for 692 4 No 8277 Sysmiss 18389 How many additional working hours were you able to work during the last week, in hours 1850 26666 1 60 1 2 2 4 3 4 4 12 5 55 6 14 7 3 8 17 10 293 11 1 12 37 13 3 14 7 15 94 16 17 17 1 18 6 19 2 20 687 21 1 22 3 24 30 25 69 26 4 28 6 30 188 32 2 35 26 36 4 40 209 45 1 46 1 48 25 50 13 56 7 60 2 Sysmiss 26666 Would you like to change your current working status? 10127 18389 1 2 1 Yes 3245 2 No 6882 Sysmiss 18389 Why do you want to change your current working status? 3245 25271 1 12 1 Forthcoming staff reduction / dissolution of the organizatio 9 2 Family circumstances 32 3 Present job is temporary 129 4 To have a higher wage / income 2817 5 To work less hours with the respective reduction in wage / i 1 6 To use professional skills in a better way 117 7 To have more convenient / flexible working hours 36 8 Health problems 7 9 To spent less time on the way to the workplace 4 10 To improve working conditions 36 11 To work more hours with the respective increase in wage / in 54 12 Other 3 Sysmiss 25271 Why do you want to change your current working status? 930 27586 1 12 1 Forthcoming staff reduction / dissolution of the organizatio 1 2 Family circumstances 68 3 Present job is temporary 1 4 To have a higher wage / income 109 5 To work less hours with the respective reduction in wage / i 9 6 To use professional skills in a better way 219 7 To have more convenient / flexible working hours 49 8 Health problems 93 9 To spent less time on the way to the workplace 14 10 To improve working conditions 207 11 To work more hours with the respective increase in wage / in 151 12 Other 9 Sysmiss 27586 Are you ready to change your current working status if there is an appropriate job offer? 3245 25271 0 3 0 1 1 Yes 2576 2 No 157 3 It is difficult to answer 511 Sysmiss 25271 Are you ready to move to another place in order to find a job / a better job? 19308 9208 1 6 1 Yes, another place in Armenia 465 2 Yes, abroad 2286 3 Yes, any place 1797 4 No 13155 5 Do not want to work 38 6 Do not know / It is difficult to answer 1567 Sysmiss 9208 Do you think your profession (both formal and informal) is useful in your job/ in finding a job? 19465 9051 1 5 1 Very useful 3868 2 Relatively useful 5485 3 Not useful 1858 4 Do not get profession 7814 5 Do not know / It is difficult to answer 440 Sysmiss 9051 Did you take any course / vocational / training, regular or occasional lasting even a few hours or days during the four weeks ? Regular education with relevant qualification 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 959 2 No 18506 Sysmiss 9051 Did you take any course / vocational / training, regular or occasional lasting even a few hours or days during the four weeks? Short-term training without qualification 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 166 2 No 19299 Sysmiss 9051 Did you take any course / vocational / training, regular or occasional lasting even a few hours or days during the four weeks? Training related to the current job / job training for new entrants 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 182 2 No 19283 Sysmiss 9051 Did you take any course / vocational / training, regular or occasional lasting even a few hours or days during the four weeks? Seminar, convention (conference) 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 441 2 No 19024 Sysmiss 9051 Did you take any course / vocational / training, regular or occasional lasting even a few hours or days during the four weeks? Online / distance learning, Webinar training 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 83 2 No 19382 Sysmiss 9051 Did you take any course / vocational / training, regular or occasional lasting even a few hours or days during the four weeks? Training related to the IT industry (software), computer training 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 174 2 No 19291 Sysmiss 9051 Did you take any course / vocational / training, regular or occasional lasting even a few hours or days during the four weeks? Language course 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 162 2 No 19303 Sysmiss 9051 Did you take any course / vocational / training, regular or occasional lasting even a few hours or days during the four weeks? Driving course 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 60 2 No 19405 Sysmiss 9051 Did you take any course / vocational / training, regular or occasional lasting even a few hours or days during the four weeks? Training related with preferences (music, dance, sports, chess, painting, etc.) 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 241 2 No 19224 Sysmiss 9051 Did you take any course / vocational / training, regular or occasional lasting even a few hours or days during the four weeks? Other 19465 9051 1 2 1 Yes 53 2 No 19412 Sysmiss 9051 Do you plan to continue your education / training in the future? 19465 9051 0 4 0 1 1 1151 2 Yes, other 1605 3 No 16295 4 Do not know/ it is difficult to answer 413 Sysmiss 9051 Why didn’t you have any job / activity during the last week? 9338 19178 1 4 1 Pupil / Student (full-time) 1442 2 Household chores/ family responsibilities 2692 3 Pensioner 1721 4 Do not have a job by various reasons 3483 Sysmiss 19178 Which of the following activities best describes your status during the last three months preceding the surveyed week? 9338 19178 1 7 1 Was an employee 244 2 Was an own-account worker 63 3 Was an unpaid family worker 47 4 Did not have any job & was looking for one 1464 5 Was a student / was taking courses 1487 6 Engaged in household chores/ family responsibilities 2834 7 Other reasons 3199 Sysmiss 19178 Have you ever had a paid job / activity? (refers solely to the work in Armenia) 8984 19532 1 2 1 Yes 4106 2 No 4878 Sysmiss 19532 How long have you been out of work? 4460 24056 1 7 1 Up to 3 months 390 2 3 - 6 months 280 3 109 4 9 - 12 months 112 5 1- 2 years 391 6 2- 3 years 613 7 3 years and more 2565 Sysmiss 24056 What is the main reason for quitting your job / activity? 4460 24056 1 11 1 Staff reduction / dissolution of the organization / lack of 1799 2 End of a temporary / seasonal/ one-time job 400 3 Retirement 395 4 llness / disability / care of a sick family member 530 5 Education 9 6 Household chores / family circumstances 455 7 Low wage/ income 175 8 Quitted job on my own initiative 496 10 Going abroad 164 11 Other reason 37 Sysmiss 24056 4460 24056 1 9 1 Legislators, senior officials, managers 192 2 Professionals 484 3 Technicians professionals 706 4 Clerks 215 5 Service & sales workers 624 6 Skilled agricultural workers 381 7 Craft workers 1017 8 Operators & assemblers 256 9 Elementary occupations 585 Sysmiss 24056 4460 24056 1 21 1 A 430 2 B 47 3 C 1197 4 D 85 5 E 35 6 F 472 7 G 525 8 H 192 9 I 135 10 J 51 11 K 55 12 L 13 13 M 86 14 N 27 15 O 253 16 P 483 17 Q 193 18 R 80 19 S 76 20 T 17 21 U 8 Sysmiss 24056 Professions of Jobless Population by 9 Groups (ISCO-88) 9338 19178 2 9 1 Top Managers 0 2 Professionals 1387 3 Technicians professionals 1658 4 Clerks 72 5 Service and sales workers 101 6 Skilled agricultural workers 0 7 Craft workers 155 8 Operators and assemblers 47 9 Unskilled 5918 Sysmiss 19178 Did you look for a job or did you try to launch your own business during the last month? 9338 19178 1 3 1 Yes, looked for a paid job 1922 2 Yes, tried to start my own business 13 3 No 7403 Sysmiss 19178 What steps did you take to find a job / to start your own business? 1935 26581 1 10 1 Applied to the State Employment Agency 196 2 Applied to a private employment agency 85 3 Applied directly to the employer / visited organization/ fac 691 4 Regurarly looked through/ placed advertisements 395 5 Took a test / had a job interview / competition 11 6 Applied to friends / acquaintances/ relatives 506 7 Looked for a job on the street 25 8 Tried to launch my own business 10 9 Going abroad / is abroad for work 15 10 Other 1 Sysmiss 26581 What steps did you take to find a job / to start your own business? 1078 27438 1 10 1 Applied to the State Employment Agency 2 2 Applied to a private employment agency 17 3 Applied directly to the employer / visited organization/ fac 88 4 Regurarly looked through / placed advertisements 132 5 Took a test/ had a job interview / competition 56 6 Applied to friends/ acquaintances / relatives 658 7 Looked for a job on the street 109 8 Tried to launch my own business 10 9 Going abroad/ is abroad for work 3 10 Other 3 Sysmiss 27438 What was the main obstacle in finding a job / starting your own business? 1936 26580 1 14 1 Lack of jobs corresponding to my profession/ qualification 204 2 Not enough work experience 157 3 Lack of knowledge in languages / information technologies (c 13 4 Lack of workplaces 1186 5 Low wage / income 156 6 Considered too young/ too old 113 7 Being male/ female 1 8 Inclination for discrimination (disability / religion / appe 6 9 The job required too many hours 36 10 Did not know where and how to look for a job 12 11 Market competition 15 12 Imperfection of the legal framework 6 13 Other 3 14 No obstacle 28 Sysmiss 26580 What was the main obstacle in finding a job / starting your own business? 644 27872 1 14 1 Lack of jobs corresponding to my profession/ qualification 14 2 Not enough work experience 42 3 Lack of knowledge in languages / information technologies (c 2 4 Lack of workplaces 186 5 Low wage/ income 205 6 Considered too young / too old 89 7 Being male / female 1 8 Inclination for discrimination (disability / religion / appe 13 9 The job required too many hours 23 10 Did not know where and how to look for a job 11 11 Market competition 32 12 Imperfection of the legal framework 23 13 Other 0 14 No obstacle 3 Sysmiss 27872 What was the main reason you did not look for a job / did not try to launch your own business during the last month? 7403 21113 3 18 3 Student (studying) / going to continue education 1405 4 Household chores / family circumstances 1827 5 My own / household member health problems / disability 1164 6 Waiting for the work / work season to resume 124 9 Considered too young / too old to find a job 782 10 Lack of jobs in the area 413 13 Past failure to find a suitable job 463 14 Do not know where and how to look for a job 78 15 Going abroad / is abroad 302 16 Have just returned from abroad 83 17 Others 700 18 Do not want to work 62 Sysmiss 21113 Did you look for a job or did you try to launch your own business during the last year? 7364 21152 1 2 1 Yes 184 2 No 7180 Sysmiss 21152 How long have you been looking for a job / trying to launch your own business? 2159 26357 1 7 1 389 2 245 3 134 4 9 - 12 months 144 5 1 - 2 years 450 6 2 - 3 years 470 7 3 years and more 327 Sysmiss 26357 Would you have liked to start working in the last week if an opportunity to work had existed? 9339 19177 1 2 1 Yes 3819 2 No 5520 Sysmiss 19177 What was the main reason you would not have liked to work? 5520 22996 1 10 1 Student (studying) / going to continue education 1213 2 Household chores / family circumstances 1487 3 My own / household member's health problems / disability 1113 4 Too young / too old for work 773 7 Off-season 48 8 Going abroad / is abroad 312 9 Do not want to work 87 10 Other 487 Sysmiss 22996 Will you be able to start working in two weeks if there is an appropriate job offer? 3819 24697 1 2 1 Yes 3618 2 No 201 Sysmiss 24697 What factor is the most important for you in starting to work/ in lanching your own business? 3617 24899 1 3 1 Job matching with my profession / qualification 706 2 High-income job 1905 3 Any job irrespective of the income 1006 Sysmiss 24899 Where and who would you like to work for? 3617 24899 1 6 1 On my own (own account work, business, farm) 110 2 Public organization 623 3 Private company 168 4 International / non-profit organization 23 5 Family business 66 6 Any 2627 7 Other 0 Sysmiss 24899 Did you refuse any job offered to you during the last year? 9339 19177 1 2 1 Yes 250 2 There was no such offer / opportunity 9089 Sysmiss 19177 Why did you refuse the job offer? 250 28266 1 12 1 Wage / income was low 119 2 Work was not interesting 7 3 Work did not match with my profession / qualification 15 4 No possibility for advancement/ progress 0 5 Family did not approve the offered job 30 6 Term of the contract was short / was not specified 0 7 Bad working conditions 23 8 Workplace was too far 13 9 Work required too many hours 36 10 Work required very few hours 0 11 Other 6 12 Do not want to work 1 Sysmiss 28266 Information in Sections C-F was provided by 19468 9048 1 2 1 Respondent (directly) 12336 2 Other family member 7132 Sysmiss 9048 Weigths Year 28516 0 13.655 423.629 Weights_Quarter1 7235 21281 64.78 1623.45 Weights_Quarter2 7128 21388 64.33 1333.53 Weights_Quarter3 7082 21434 61.998 1364.476 Weights_Quarter4 7071 21445 72.43 1229.026 Labour Resources / Working-age Population (de facto population aged 15 - 75) 19465 9051 1 1 1 19465 Sysmiss 9051 Employed in Primary Job 10127 18389 1 1 1 10127 Sysmiss 18389 Employed in Second Job 382 28134 1 1 1 382 Sysmiss 28134 Unemployed 1887 26629 1 1 1 1887 Sysmiss 26629 Economically Active Population 12014 16502 1 1 1 12014 Sysmiss 16502 Economically Inactive Population 7451 21065 1 1 1 7451 Sysmiss 21065 Youth not in Education and not in Employment (NEET) 1971 26545 1 3 1 15-19 232 2 20-24 792 3 25-29 947 Sysmiss 26545