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Sri Lanka Quarterly Labour Force Survey

Household surveys before 1990

Labour Force and Socio Economic Survey (LFSES)

1980/81 1985/86

After 5 years

19901969/70

After11 years After 5 years

Sri Lanka Quarterly Labour Force Survey(LFS) Household Income & Expenditure

Survey (HIES)

Socio Economic Survey (SES)

• Quarterly labour force survey was started in 1990 and continued until today.

• Each year the survey conducts in 12 monthly rounds and results produce at quarterly and annually. Survey covers whole country and the annual sample size is around 25,000 housing units,

• Objectives are to provide information on• economically active, economically inactive & labour force of the

country.

• employment, unemployment, underemployment, informal sector

employment & literacy

Sri Lanka Quarterly Labour Force Survey

Quality of data is assured Trained permanent staff is engaged in survey activities.

Statistical officers/statistical assistants

Quality improvement methods are used at data coding ,entry and editing Double data entry for data validation Manual editing and computer editing (range, consistency and structural) Unique guidelines for data cleaning Use Standard code lists (SLSIC-Rev.4, SSCO-08)

Frequent supervision Head office District office

Current survey concepts and methods are very similar to those introduced at the beginning in 1990. Changes were done to enhance the quality of data and international comparability.

• The unemployment rate is stagnant around 4% during 2012-2013 period.

For more information Please visit www.statistics.gov.lk

Figure 02 : Unemployment rate for different age groups by gender - Second quarter 2013

Sri Lanka 15—24 25—29 Over 300

5

10

15

20

25

30

Sri Lanka MaleFemale

0 3 6 9 12 15

Sri Lanka

BelowGCE O/L

GCE O/L

GCE A/L& above

Unemployment Rate (%)

 Sri Lanka Male  Female

Figure 03 : Unemployment rate for different level of education by gender - Second quarter 2013