Albania

Title of the survey:

Household Living Conditions Survey, October 1998.

Organization responsible for the survey:

Planning and conduct of the survey:

Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT).

Analysis and publication of the results:

Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT).

Topics covered:

Employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, income, employment and unemployment duration, discouraged workers, occasional workers, industry, occupation, education.

Coverage of the survey:

Geographical:

Whole country.

Population groups:

All resident population.

Availability of estimates from other sources for the excluded areas/groups:

Not applicable.

Groups covered by the survey but excluded from the published results:

Not applicable.

Periodicity:

Conduct of the survey:

First round in 1998.

Publication of results:

In 2001.

Reference periods:

Employment:

The week prior to the date of the interview.

Seeking work:

The week prior to the date of the interview.

Availability for work:

The week prior to the date of the interview.

Concepts and definitions:

Employment:

All persons, aged 15 years and over who, during the survey week, did any work for at least one hour.

Are included in the employed:

  1. persons with a job but temporarily absent due to illness or injury, annual leave, maternity/paternity leave, parental leave, educational or training leave, bad weather, mechanical breakdown, etc.;
  2. full or part-time workers seeking other work during the reference period;
  3. retired persons receiving a pension, persons registered as jobseekers and those receiving unemployment benefits who have worked for pay or profit during the reference week;
  4. full-time and part-time students working full or part-time;
  5. paid apprentices and trainees;
  6. unpaid family workers at work during the survey week or temporarily absent from work.

Unemployment:

All persons, aged 15 years and over, who have not worked during the last week, were seeking for a job and were available to work.

Underemployment:

Time-related underemployment:

Not covered.

Inadequate employment situations:

Not covered.

Hours of work:

No information.

Employment-related income:

Income from paid employment:

Average monthly wages of employees.

Income from self-employment:

Income from private activity.

Informal sector:

No information.

Usual activity:

Economic status (employed, unemployed, inactive) during the last 12 months.

Classifications:

Branch of economic activity (industry):

Title of the classification:

National classification based on European industrial classification NACE.

Population groups classified by industry:

Employed and unemployed (industry of last job for the unemployed).

Number of groups used for coding:

No information.

Links to ISIC:

ISIC-Rev.3.

Occupation:

Title of the classification:

ISCO-88 at the 3rd digit level.

Population groups classified by occupation:

Employed and unemployed (occupation of last job for the unemployed).

Number of groups used for coding:

116 minor groups.

Links to ISCO:

ISCO-88.

Status in employment:

Title of the classification:

National classification.

Population groups classified by status in employment:

Employed.

Groups used for classification:

Employees, employers and own-account workers.

Links to ICSE:

No.

Education:

Title of the classification:

National classification.

Population groups classified by education:

Employed and unemployed.

Groups used for classification:

5 groups.

Links to ISCED:

ISCED-1997.

Sample size and design:

Ultimate sampling unit:

Household.

Sample size (ultimate sampling units):

11,826 households.

Overall sampling fraction:

No information.

Sample frame:

No information.

Updating of the sample:

No information.

Rotation:

Scheme:

Not applicable.

Percentage of units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds:

Not applicable.

Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:

Not applicable.

Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:

Not applicable.

Field work:

Type of interview:

Personal interviews.

Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:

No information.

Duration of field work:

Total:

No information.

Per sample area:

No information.

Survey organization:

Ad hoc organization.

Number of field staff:

No information.

Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:

No.

Estimation and adjustments:

Total non-response rate:

No information.

Adjustment for total non-response:

No information.

Imputation for item non-response:

No information.

Adjustment for areas/population not covered:

No information.

Adjustment for undercoverage:

No information.

Adjustment for overcoverage:

No information.

Adjustment for seasonal variations:

No.

History of the survey:

Title and date of the first survey:

Household Living Conditions Survey 1998.

Significant changes or revisions:

Not applicable.

Documentation and dissemination:

Documentation:

Survey results:

General Results of Household Living Conditions Survey 1998.

Survey methodology:

General Results of Household Living Conditions Survey 1998.

Dissemination:

Time needed for initial release of survey results:

About three years.

Advance information of public about date of initial release:

Yes.

Availability of unpublished data upon request:

No.

Availability of data in machine-readable form:

No.

Website:

http://www.instat.gov.al/.